"I was sort of surprised by the tone of the article...especially since their was a lot of anger about increasing American content of their weapons to 65%, it seems to me not to be way out of line... but what‘s with the if it isn‘t made in Canada we won‘t buy it? Since when is the Gelandewagen manufactured in Canada? Daimler must have said they would build a factory."
Hey now, I said fairly unbiased -- I didn‘t say they were Vulcans!
I‘m not sure what it‘s like south of the border, Major, but up here I think you‘ll find that a majority of pro-defence websites are all fairly conservative, right-wing oriented. No one‘s been terribly happy about the way the CF has been treated for at least 35 years (I‘m thinking back to unification), and especially since 1993.
So of course the editorials are going to be a little more hardline. All the same, I do like the way the CASR site discusses options and possible solutions.
But Roland‘s right, the CF has been afflicted for many years with a "buy Quebec" and/or "buy Canadian" mentality. I can think of a few glaring examples of this: the Iltis, the LUVW, ADATS (although this seems to have been rescued somehow lately) and let‘s not forget, the CH-146 Griffon. Others no doubt could rhyme off a few more.
H*ll, from what I‘ve read, it looks to me like the G-wagon is going to be a nice piece of kit. But I kind of hoped we‘d get the Land Rover and kit them up like the Royal Marines do -- they just look mean! :threat:
But as someone recently reminded me, don‘t believe everything you read. And there are many more members of this board with far more experience than me!