SmartyPresent

#Canada #USA #X (formerly #Twitter) #folloback SmartyrNow has been renamed SmartyPresent. What hasn't changed are the significant efforts I put in to make my postings entertaining and informative, both text and visuals. So, if you follow me ... ⬇️

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Saab's Gripen fighter jet thrives at high altitude. So does its Meteor missile, one of the deadliest air-to-air ones in any arsenal, fueled all the way to target (compared to others that quickly burn up fuel and coast) and in a 2-way link with the Gripen. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #uspoli I'll never understand how an unqualified moron got to be president of the U.S. and continues to be. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney It seems the aircraft designers at Saab are wizards. They designed a fighter jet for a world that wouldn't exist for years. Now that it has arrived, the Gripen E is being validated by growing demand for it in global markets. youtu.be/tj5UFJ_nqCI?si=WpyH… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney The greatest failing of the F-35 is its low sortie generation rate, or flight availability when not in service. Media usually reports it as 50% to 60%. The congressional Government Accountability Office says its Full Mission Capable rate is as low as 25%. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney There are 2 ways to quote cost per flight hour of the Gripen E & the F-35 and therein lies confusion. One way looks at mission costs from beginning to end & that's all. The other way averages out total lifetime costs. One way can't be compared to the other. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative Watch as #PeePee tells people how they can justify and feel good about going into major debt using numerous credit cards. – at Pickering, Ontario

#Canada #USA #anatomy There are a lot better ways to achieve earth orbit then this (and they smell better, too):

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney The F-35 is promoted for sensor fusion and networking capabilities, but the Gripen C had those almost a decade before. Four Gripens can link 2-way, only one with AESA radar on, the other 3 with theirs off, receiving the same views and flying undetected. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Economic benefits will flow to far more than the three Canadian companies announced by Saab as principal partners in the production of Gripen E fighter jets in #Canada. About 250 Canadian companies are expected to supply components to IMP, Magellan and CAE. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #Aeroplane Apparently, Bombardier was never really a contender to assemble #Canada's prospective Gripen E fighter jets, but it's not crying in its beer. It's still building the platform for the GlobalEye reconnaissance aircraft. Plus this: youtu.be/VciuckuecuU?si=oTS9… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative When a group appeals to the lowest common denominator of economic understanding, as Conservatives do, it becomes part of the lowest common denominator. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney Lockheed Martin claims F-35s are arctic ready. Incidents in Alaska involving frozen hydraulics and landing gear that wouldn't fully deploy show otherwise. Not even a conference call to Lockheed helped the first F-35. The pilot ejected and the plane crashed. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney #Canada's new fighter jet procurement announcement hasn't yet been made, but arrangements are underway. Provinces are offering incentives to get the Gripen assembly plant, companies like CAE simulator builder are gearing up & colleges are preparing courses. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney It'll take 2 to 3 years from now for the first Canadian-made Gripen E to roll off the assembly line, so don't look for it at air shows any time soon. Betcha it makes it to the 2029 Canadian International Air Show at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition. – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli #Canada and the #European Union are like nervous, soon-to-be lovers cautiously approaching each other with the sure knowledge they're on the cusp of a more intense relationship. Until then, lots of cold showers. (Hey! Not that kind of trade!) youtube.com/shorts/CsRaBsmgq… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney What Sweden’s Saab did for Brazil and its Embraer, it will soon do for #Canada and our Bombardier. Turn us from being a buyer of foreign fighter jets to a job-rich, local producer of military aircraft and eventually an export hub. youtu.be/2rTCI6hbnh4?si=AzPh… – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney We've been hearing so much about how #Canada is modernizing its airforce with the F-35 and likely the Gripen E. But what about our current CF-18? What's been done to keep these 40-year-old fighters air worthy and up to date before retirement and switchover? – at Pickering, Ontario

#cdnpoli @MarkJCarney #Canada has taken official ownership of 2 F-35As (to be named CF-35A). They will reside at Luke Airforce base in Arizona where our pilots and mechanics will be trained through 2027. We made binding purchases for 16 CF-35As and likely will add 14 more. – at Pickering, Ontario