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"The United States could alter its decades-old North American Aerospace Defense
Command deal with Canada should its government backtrack on the purchase of 88
Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, the U.S. ambassador to Canada has warned.
In the latest back-and-forth between the U.S. and Canada over the deal,
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra cautioned that if Canada purchased fewer fighter jets,
the U.S. would “fill those gaps” in security concerns.
That could mean the U.S. would need to purchase more F-35 fighter jets for its
own use and use them to intervene in Canadian airspace more frequently.
Under the current terms of NORAD, the U.S. and Canada can operate in one
another’s airspace to track or intercept threats. However, Hoekstra indicated
U.S. intervention would go even further, should the fighter jet deal change,
thus requiring new terms to the Cold War-era agreement.
“NORAD would have to be altered,” Hoekstra told
CBC News.
Hoekstra’s comments come months after the Canadian government indicated it was
“reviewing” the terms of the fighter jet deal after finding the program to be
costlier than expected."
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