alt Hacker NewsThis is actually more likely a non-political procurement decision that looks like a political one.
This is the 'right size' for Canada and other nations - the US doesn't offer a true comparable, and, looks like the US balked at buying the 'kind of comparable' Boeing E7 putting it in jeopardy.
With European military renaissance and the SAAB gear proving itself in Ukraine ... well, you see the shift.
This is the shift writ large.
This is going to happen across all industries.
I don't think it's going to 'fundamentally' alter the landscape, but it will be a shift we don't come back from.
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> With European military renaissance and the SAAB gear proving itself in Ukraine
Btw, we just got this news report here in Sweden:
Sweden is giving Gripen jets to Ukraine
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/vr3znL/uppgift-sverige-...
Aftonbladet is Sweden's largest daily newspaper. They have a fairly strong track record on government and defense scoops.
The supposed announcement is tomorrow morning, local/CEST.
> I don't think it's going to 'fundamentally' alter the landscape, but it will be a shift we don't come back from.
That sounds like a fundamental change.
As the OP says, Carney has a clear, explicit policy of reducing military (and also economic) dependence on the US, for obvious reasons. It's what Carney is best known for, his leading international affairs and economic policies.
Every time a similar story, of a country turning away from US trade, is posted HN, people post that it's not political. Not only is that claim thin and largely unsbustantiated, but why is it such a focus?
> likely a non-political procurement
How can this be true - the only reason humans still need military equipment of any sort is politics.
We are not fighting aliens, just stupid politicians that suddenly choose to throw people at a problem instead of using words.
In the past countries would buy American equipment even if it wasn’t the best fit because that would make you essentially an American ally. Being part of the U.S. ecosystem was valuable.
Unfortunately, over the last 1.5 years, the political value proposition has turned by 180 degrees. - Being a U.S. ally no longer guarantees that you will be protected by the U.S. as Ukraine is seeing. But the U.S. has been tearing agreements left and right and the President has openly said he may not respond to a valid Article 5 invocation.
- Being a U.S. ally seems to bring even more threats from the U.S. as Canada and Europe are seeing
- Being a U.S. ally is no guarantee of protection even if you literally host American bases like the gulf countries are seeing. In fact, it’s only made them a target and the U.S. prioritized protecting Israel entirely over protecting any of the Gulf states.
The value proposition for buying U.S. weapons has become really bad at this point.