Letters to the editor: Dec. 30: ‘The Arctic is more threatened by global warming than invasion by foreign forces.’ Readers question buying F-35s to defend the Arctic, plus other letters to the editor

Dec. 30: ‘The Arctic is more threatened by global warming than invasion by foreign forces.’ Readers question buying F-35s to defend the Arctic, plus other letters to the editor

: The argument for Canada’s acquisition of F-35s and modernizing NORAD returns to the same old mindset that says: If you are armed to the teeth, you’ll be safe.

We are at a similar moment in the art of war. Things have changed. Potential foes now possess hypersonic missile delivery systems with pinpoint accuracy. An F-35 is essentially the world’s most sophisticated video game, mounted on a rocket with a pilot. It is powerless against these new missiles. In 2016, U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona labelled the American F-35 program a “scandal and a tragedy with respect to cost, schedule and performance.” To say the F-35 failed to deliver on its goals would be an understatement.

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