Aerial Buyer’s Remorse?
Ever buy something with all the bells and whistles only to realize you spent a lot of money on fancy extras you'll never need or even use?Don't blame the sales…
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A Stealth Fighter Commander Speaks Out – Beware!
One of America's top stealth fighter pilots, Lt.-Col. Christopher Neimi, has a dire warning to his country about the risks of relying on stealth technology.”Stealth technology demands significant trade-offs in…
China’s Second Stealth Fighter Takes to the Skies
China has flown its second stealth fighter, the J-31, the smaller cousin to its previous model, the J-20. A look at either of them reveals the classic, Lockheed-Martin, F-22 Raptor…
America’s Looming Strategic Insolvency.
“A moment has arrived with a great power with global responsibilities is having a crisis of confidence. Its economy has grown sluggish and it is being overtaken by a number…
Peace? It’s a Dangerously Flexible Concept
The Canadian debate over the F-35 has always overlooked perhaps the most critical issue. We never want to discuss what signing on for the F-35 means for Canada’s defence policy…
Suckers!!!
Like the autumn leaves, the myths about the F-35 stealth light bomber are finally falling. Now it’s beginning to emerge that the F-35 may just be the warplane our potential…
F-35, A Nuclear Strike Bomber?
Surprise, surprise – the F-35 is being designed with a nuclear weapons capability. Presumably even Steve Harper hasn’t got the guts to add a nuclear arsenal to Canada’s military establishment…
The Fifth Estate Shoots the F-35 Down in Flames
CBC’s The Fifth Estate aired one of its all time best episodes tonight, “Runaway Fighter.” The programme laid bare the rank dishonesty and duplicity of the Harper government and its…
200 Reasons to Say No to the F-35
There were at least 200-instances since 1988 when CF-18 pilots had to shut one engine down and return to base on the remaining engine. Put another way, the Canadian Air…
The Difference Between a CF-18 and the F-35
If Canada had been operating the F-35 since 1988, we’d probably be hard pressed to find any still flying. Over the past 24-years, the twin-engine CF-18 has racked up plenty…
How Much American Stealth Technology Does China Already Have?
Recent images of two Chinese stealth fighters, the J-20 that appeared almost two years ago and the J-21 that surfaced this past week, have stymied American observers. No one knows…
So Where’s Our Stealth Fighter
According to Wired.com’s “Danger Room” China has not one but two stealth fighters. It’s been almost two years since China revealed the Chengdu J-20 stealth warplane. Now rival Shenyang has…
Ret. Maj.Gen. Lewis MacKenzie: Avro Arrow considered as F-35 alternative, more effective and much cheaper
Why Harper and company are determined to buy F-35? “It’s an attack aircraft. It’s designed for attacking ground targets and its stealth is most effective against short range radar, protecting…
Broken Arrow
Another safely retired Canadian general with too much time on his hands, Lewis MacKenzie, is fronting for a group urging the feds to scrap the F-35, first-strike, stealth light bomber…
Conservative MP insults Canadians with confused take on F-35 jet plan
Yesterday we’d a jolly good laugh when Yukon Tory MP Ryan Leef got overjoyed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit and invited those gathered to “join me in welcoming back…
What Keeps the F-35 Airborne?
If you follow the international news on the F-35 it appears Lockheed has made it through the rough patch and now has the controversial warplane flying straight and level. Although…
Was It Good for You Too?
An Aviation Week editor spent some time recently at Edwards Air Force Base filming an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in flight. His recording was disrupted by a severe sonic boom…
Let’s Skip the 5th Generation F-35 and Put Our Money on the 6th Generation Option
The F-35 was a good idea that simply kept going downhill. Lockheed was going to build the F-22 stealth fighter and the F-35 stealth light attack bomber. But it was…
Why Buy Obsolete Warplanes?
The F-35 is about one thing, stealth. This light attack bomber sacrifices everything for that one quality, stealth. It sacrifices payload and range, two pretty important abilities for a penetration…