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The Department of National Defence said it finalized a deal with the U.S. to acquire 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers.

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[–] brandnewb@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am familiar with the purchase. One of the key factors is it needed to fit in a type of plane Canada uses. It also needed to be fully interoperable with allied systems. There are a couple other options, HIMARS is the best system. We will see if we regret reliance on the US. Reliance on the US being the primary shortcoming of HIMARS.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Out of curiosity: would purchasing these therefore mean the CAF would in a sense be locked into purchasing that type of plane in the future? And where are those planes manufactured?