I saw someone saying recently that Canada has made a huge shift away from the US. As someone Canadian, I haven’t noticed anything beyond relatively minor individual decisions (IE, not going to the US as a tourist). I’d like to be wrong, but from my understanding, this is effectively nothing. Has there actually been any sort of large scale move away from US dependence?
They were talking about buying Swedish Gripen instead of US F-35. I’m not sure exactly how far along those plans were.
I suspect that was purely a pressure tactic against the US; the F-35 orders are still being financed and production hasn’t halted.
Which seems crazy to me, because the F-35 design can be fully remotely controlled by the US military, which also collects all telemetry.