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Canada has not chosen the Saab JAS 39 Gripen over other fighter jets; the federal government is conducting an ongoing review of the F-35 procurement amid soaring costs and schedule slippages, and is e...
President trips to Mar-a-Lago generate costs across transportation, security, and local law‑enforcement overtime, but no single, publicly released tally exists; estimates instead compile itemized piec...
Canada’s 2025–26 defence budget ramps spending sharply — roughly $62–63 billion in 2025–26 and an $81.8–84 billion five‑year uplift — and creates a stand‑alone Defence Investment Agency to speed and p...
Canada signed a deal in January 2023 to acquire 88 F‑35A aircraft with an announced acquisition price of CAD 19 billion (reported as $19 billion in Canadian government materials) and life‑cycle costs ...
Canada’s F-35 procurement currently carries a reported acquisition figure of for up to 88 jets, with unit procurement estimates in public reporting ranging roughly per aircraft; by contrast, public ac...
The core claim is that the Saab JAS 39 Gripen and Lockheed Martin F-35 differ fundamentally: the Gripen is often portrayed as , while the F-35 emphasizes suited to modern beyond-visual-range (BVR) doc...
Mar‑a‑Lago functions as a highly visible, privately owned presidential retreat that President Trump has used far more frequently than some predecessors: reporting notes he spent 35 days there in the 2...
Canada’s debate over keeping the F‑35 or adding Gripen fighters centers on interoperability risks in NORAD/NATO operations: defence analysts and military sources warn a mixed fleet would complicate tr...
Canada has not definitively chosen the Saab Gripen as its next fighter jet; available reporting shows an active, unresolved debate over the F-35, Gripen E, and a possible mixed approach, with politica...
In 2025 Ottawa reopened consideration of alternatives to its previously planned purchase of 88 F‑35As after political friction with the United States, prompting public discussion of several rival offe...
A review of the supplied reporting finds no release or public posting of NORAD or NASIC records specifically documenting "November 2004 contacts off Southern California"; the available NORAD and NASIC...
There are no permanent, independently operated United States military bases inside Canada; instead, U.S. personnel and capabilities operate in Canada under bilateral, often NORAD-linked arrangements a...
The available reporting does not provide a verifiable count of "cities along the Canadian border" that currently host U.S. troops; mainstream sources describe troop and National Guard deployments to b...
Exercise and evaluation results have driven debate, industrial offers and operational arguments that shape how Gripen and F‑35 fleets might be procured, integrated or kept separate. Leaked/official Ca...
The F-35 centers on integrated stealth, high-bandwidth sensor fusion and iterative Block upgrades that expand radar and avionics performance, while the Gripen emphasizes modular, cost-conscious sensor...