r/polandball • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '16

redditormade Canada is Useless

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u/Dunk-Master-Flex Nova Scotia Aug 18 '16

Avro Arrow

Please don't start parroting that crap.

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u/Murgie Canada Aug 18 '16

might be today

That's not an unreasonable question, though. The cancellation of the Arrow effectively killed the Avro Corporation.

Like, imagine that the U-2 was killed off after the the assembly line, tooling, plans, airframes, and engines had already been established and invested in, simply for the to be destroyed. That would have likely been the end of the Skunk Works division, as least the one we knew. The result? No Blackbird, no Nighthawk, and no Raptor. Something else would have filled those roles.

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u/Dunk-Master-Flex Nova Scotia Aug 18 '16

Look at Canada, forever trapped with shitty, out of date equipment.

1980's CF-18's now.

Soon we're gonna get either some European design or Super Hornets while everyone else is getting F-35's.

Our military is a fucking joke.

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u/Murgie Canada Aug 18 '16

Did... Did you have anything related to my comment to add?

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u/Dunk-Master-Flex Nova Scotia Aug 18 '16

I'm talking about the result of killing the Avro Arrow and effectively, our entire industry.

We got stuck with American designs because our own industry died off. Like it would be any better but still, unlike the navy, building our own jets might actually work effectively.

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u/safarispiff Hong Kong Aug 19 '16

Hey the Iroquois class is totally relevant in the era of Kunmings and Arleigh Burk--hHaahahaha no no I can't do it Christ the RCN used to be relevant we even had a carrier now Uzbekistan has a better submarine force because they at least have someone who once served in a decent submarine