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minus-squareDr. BoblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month ago Does Canada have the kind of military aerospace background to speedrun a program like that? Genuinely don’t know. 60 years ago we did. The Avro Arrow program was unexpectedly killed just as production was getting read to ramp up. Why? Who the fuck knows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month ago We still do. That was a nascent effort, not some built up military industrial complex and it still exceeded all rivals at the time. Why? Being a supplicant to a bully.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDo you think it could have been bribery? Lockheed and Boeing have a history of doing so, both legally and illegally. That time a porn-star 9/11’d a yakuza’s kitchen was revenge for this.
60 years ago we did. The Avro Arrow program was unexpectedly killed just as production was getting read to ramp up. Why? Who the fuck knows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
We still do. That was a nascent effort, not some built up military industrial complex and it still exceeded all rivals at the time.
Why? Being a supplicant to a bully.
Do you think it could have been bribery? Lockheed and Boeing have a history of doing so, both legally and illegally. That time a porn-star 9/11’d a yakuza’s kitchen was revenge for this.