The U.S. ambassador to Canada warned that the arrangements involving the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) may have to change if Ottawa doesn’t follow through on a deal to purchase 88 American-made F-35 fighter jets, in an interview published on Jan. 26.
“NORAD would have to be altered,” U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra told CBC News.
He said that if Canada did not move ahead with the full order, the United States would probably have to purchase more of the aircraft for its own air force, and more frequently fly them into Canadian airspace.
“If Canada is no longer going to provide that [capability], then we have to fill those gaps,” Hoekstra said….
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