Saab has given Canada a detailed plan for domestic Gripen E production, as Ottawa continues reviewing the size and composition of its planned 88-aircraft F-35 fleet.

In remarks reported by Militär Aktuell and FlightGlobal from a media briefing held alongside the Swedish Air Force centenary air show at Malmen Air Base in Linköping, Sweden, on August 22, 2026, Saab President and Chief Executive Officer Micael Johansson said the company had outlined to the Canadian government how a production line could be established.

Johansson argued that the two fighters could form a so-called “high-low mix,” combining the F-35’s specialized capabilities with the Gripen’s high availability, smaller logistical footprint and ability to operate from a wider range of airfields and improvised bases.

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[–] OliveBrittle@piefed.ca -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Cool, instead of wasting money on American weaponry, we instead waste money on European weaponry.

All while our social safety nets are being cut, all while Carney and the Liberals do nothing to defend public healthcare with the Canada Health Act, and all in the midst of both an opioid and affordability crisis.

Glad to know we have our priorities straight...

[–] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you really think Canada would have fewer domestic crises if Trump or Putin invaded? Or if Russia openly attacked NATO?

In a world with narcissistic psychopaths like those in charge of enormous armies, you either invest in defence or you get conquered.

[–] OliveBrittle@piefed.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow, Putin invading Canada.

Totally real threat that will totally happen in the real world.

People are going to find it hard to care about defending the country if you don't provide them with the basics to live, just saying.

[–] modem_down@thebrainbin.org 4 points 6 days ago

Fighter jets have had to be used multiple times this year, in multiple countries (Romania, Latvia, …) to intercept Russian flying bombs in NATO airspace.

NATO countries, including Canada, routinely intercept Russian military aircraft probing NATO defences.

Without interceptors, more Russian bombs would have exploded on NATO territory, and NATO defences likely wouldn’t have been merely probed…

Putin is far more aggressive than you seem to think. Look at the mortality from his pet war. A person with a conscience would call a halt immediately; instead, Putin escalates. Chauvinistic death-cult dictators like him deride humanitarian arguments. They’re only stoppable with weapons. I wish that weren’t so, but history has shown again and again that it is.