SmartyPresent

#Canada #USA #X (formerly #Twitter) #folloback SmartyrNow has been renamed SmartyPresent. What hasn't changed are the significant efforts I put in to make my postings entertaining and informative, both text and visuals. So, if you follow me ... ⬇️

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney #Canada has taken official ownership of 2 F-35As (to be named CF-35A). They will reside at Luke Airforce base in Arizona where our pilots and mechanics will be trained through 2027. We made binding purchases for 16 CF-35As and likely will add 14 more. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney The timeline of #Canada's fighter jet procurement, with details: – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney "Even the U.S. has no answer for what Gripen just did." youtu.be/LtUgQHVir24?si=IMIj… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Russia's attack on Ukraine wasn't the first time air bases were targetted first. During the 6-Day War in 1967, some 400 military aircraft were destroyed while sitting on a tarmac. Events like that are the driving force behind Gripen's dispersed operations. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Sweden was neutral. Now it's in #NATO, pulling its weight with its Gripen fighters, e.g., in Poland. #Canada is a nation of peace (Liberal PM Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize). It too will fly Gripens on NATO missions. youtu.be/D9_4hqvsFiY?si=Sxy6… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney In the future, when #Canada needs our fighter jets the most, on missions of unique national importance, who will "control the switch"? In the case of our F-35s, it will be the Americans. Let's pray the U.S. returns to sanity before they're delivered. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Sweden’s Gripen E's, America's F-35s and the Eurofighter Typhoons are all top of the line. All have features the others do not. They all have their place, especially in a mixed-fleet airforce. The old saying "don't put all your eggs in one basket" applies. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #uspoli #music #dance #DonaldTrump Sooner or later, someone was going to do this: – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Saab continues to keep its Gripen fighter jets up to date. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Sweden did not develop the idea of dispersed operations of military assets in war. It did, however, pioneer the doctrine of a permanent, nationwide, institutional, total airforce decentralization, using roads and highways. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #schools School violence has become so commonplace in the U.S., they're making Public Service Announcement videos like this. No mention of being bankrupted by hospital bills if your child is seriously injured. youtube.com/shorts/BZdv-9Qs8… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Final delivery of #Canada's new fighter jets will occur in the 2030s, when the current fleet of CF-18s are a half-century old. Some will be retired, so 25 used FA-18s bought from Australia will be added (7 for spare parts and maintenance crew training).

#History #WW2 Many war history buffs think of pre-war British PM Neville Chamberlain as a naive fool for signing a peace treaty with warmonger Adolph Hitler. He wasn't. He was buying time and telling his people "keep calm and carry on". Surreptitiously, he was preparing for war. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Saab's GlobalEye early-warning surveillance aircraft, based on #Canada's Bombardier 6000 business jet, begins deliveries next year. It can fly for up to 12 hours without refuelling. Canada will have 6 of them. youtube.com/shorts/0z1jdF5A5… – at Pickering, Ontario