Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers [View all]
Source: Guardian
Mark Carney announces purchase of Saab’s GlobalEye early warning aircraft to patrol Arctic territory
Canada has announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes from Sweden’s Saab rather than a competing option from Boeing, as the country seeks to reduce reliance on US defense firms.
Mark Carney, the prime minister, said on Wednesday that Canada would opt for Saab’s GlobalEye, which is based on Bombardier’s Global 6500 jet. Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail plane – which has suffered from delays and cost overruns – had also been in contention.
“With a suite of advanced sensors and mission systems, Saab’s GlobalEye will be a key resource for the Canadian armed forces to detect and deter threats across the Arctic,” Carney told a defense conference in Ottawa.
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Gee, who would have thought that threatening one of your closest allies and punitively taxing the goods they produce would have repercussions?
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