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Tag Archives: Super Hornet

New MLI Paper: Amateur Hour: The Interim Super Hornet Saga and the Perils of Prioritizing Politics over Defence

OTTAWA, ON (Jan. 23, 2018): On Dec. 12, 2017 the Liberal government announced the end of the Super Hornet interim purchase, instead acquiring 18...

 

January 23, 2018 at 4:05 pm read more
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Ottawa’s descent into Super Hornet madness: Richard Shimooka for iPolitics

The government's missteps on the CF-18 fighter replacement risk sliding Canada into the worst procurement mess it has ever seen, writes Richard Shimooka....

 

August 11, 2017 at 2:01 pm read more
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Ottawa's Super Hornet plan fails to stand up to defence community scrutiny: Brian Lee Crowley and David McDonough in the Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa's plan to buy interim Super Hornets will cost more and fail to give the Canadian Forces the fighter it needs, write Brian...

 

June 19, 2017 at 11:15 am read more

Overwhelming majority of defence thought leaders reject Ottawa’s Super Hornet fighter jet proposal: MLI paper by David McDonough and Brian Lee Crowley

In a new survey, 88 per cent of the country’s top experts on defence and security agreed the government should cancel its proposed...

 

June 13, 2017 at 9:41 am read more

Saving Ottawa from itself on Fighter Aircraft Replacement: Joe Varner for Inside Policy

Joe Varner, Fellow of the Inter University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, makes the case for the Auditor General and the Parliamentary...

 

January 19, 2017 at 9:41 am read more

Super Hornet purchase contradicts Canada’s defence priorities: Aurel Braun in Inside Policy

Countering emerging threats, particularly Russia, and working with allies around the world, requires a fifth generation fighter, writes Aurel Braun, a noted expert...

 

June 16, 2016 at 3:38 pm read more

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