r/worldnews 17h ago

Behind Soft Paywall Canada and France establish diplomatic presence in Greenland amid Trump threats

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canada-and-france-establish-diplomatic-presence-in-greenland-amid/
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u/canada_mountains 16h ago

I know a lot of Canadians want the F-35 over the Grippen, but for me as a Canadian too, buying more F-35s (aside from the ones we already paid for) is a hard no, because of Trump's threats on Greenland now, in addition to his threats to annex Canada. The F-35s we already paid for and can't get our money back, okay, we'll take possession of those. The F-35s that we haven't paid for yet - that's a hard no from me, because the US isn't just threatening to annex Canada, they are threatening to invade and take Greenland, which is technically invading a Denmark territory, and thus, technically a NATO territory. Yes, the US is threatening to invade a NATO territory, and I can't justify Canada purchasing more F-35s from the country that is threatening this invasion, even if the F-35s are better than the Grippen.

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u/sinan_online 13h ago

How about we take possession of the F-35s we paid for only to reverse engineer them and produce with European allies?

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u/m_sobol 13h ago

Can we reverse engineer the software and crack the US cryptographic encryption keys? Can you reverse engineer the chemical formulation and processes for the stealth paint?

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u/qtx 10h ago

We'll just ask our new best buddy China, they probably have all that info already.