So what happens if the sole engine in the new F-35 Lightning fails?
“It won’t,” says Defence Minister Peter MacKay
Apparently the Minister knows nothing about machinery. Nor does he consider some external factor damaging the one engine this aircraft relies on.
But government officials say a single-engine configuration will leave the F-35 lighter and more agile to manoeuvre.
What idiot thought that up as a rationale? I cannot comment on the tactical capabilities of the plane or its weapons load, but the achilles heel of that machine in Canada is its single engine. Arctic sovereignty is a major priority in this country now and in the future, and that airplane is simply not suited for it.