repulsewarrior wrote:...indeed what is the F-16, was the Avro Arrow.
As for Huawei, i am not sure; i don't trust China much, the way they have acted in taking Canadians as prisoners, and their bad treatment. Canada has its own Trade issues with the USA, and being put in the middle this way may not be a coincidence. If this has to do with a Trade War, China is having with the USA, they show themselves no better than each other. In this case, let's not forget Canada is one of the very few friends China has among the Five Eyes. While Canada cannot choose who is their neighbour, as a Canadian it must be getting hard to be helpful, with friends like these. Neither seems to be making the effort Canada is, as members of a larger family one may call Humanity.
I do not like the idea of choosing one over the other (China/USA). Each as a technology must have a particular advantage in their design and features (so too Russia, EU, others). There may be an overall best generally speaking, but excluding all others based on such a premise does not suit the marketplace as a consumer, not all consumers are the same in their needs, and in fulfilling these needs, variety, having choices, i think, is always best.
The Americans are open to a bit of competition.
All you need to do is come to Adelaide in Australia. There is a Lockheed Martin presence their and also they are about to build 12 Short-fin Submarines for $55 Billion USD conjointly with the French. There was never any uproar from the Americans. In fact, they don't give a rats arse. They got their slice of the $55 Billion Dollar pie because a lot of the technologies and weapons will still be American. They just want Australia and Canada to develop their capabilities and to pull their weight which is what they are doing. The Americans are not selfish. They know that the Israelis, French, and Brits need a slice of the pie, and the same with Japan. South Korea, Germany and all other allies. The only issue is with places like Russia and China which could easily be (if they are not already) an enemy, which we could potentially face major threats from. Any technologies from Canada or anyone else for that matter is not frowned upon at all. The Americans like it when Canada and Australia come up with something that is cutting edge because they end up with the technology too. If the Avro Arrow had technologies which were groundbreaking, then they could already quite easily be a part of the F-35 and F-22 projects.
They have in particular been very tolerant to Australia and Canada which have both used their own developed technologies as well as utilized technologies from the UK, and Israel.
The Canadians are however a major investor in the F-35 and they are certainly not studs. These are sophisticated stealth fighter bombers at the cutting edge. The first 4 are already in service with the RAAF and they are taking delivery of new F-35s each month.
They were present at the Avalon Air Show too and at one point they did a flypast in formation with RAAF EA-18G Growler and and F-18F Hornets.
Also, there are some USAF F-35s right now at RAAF Woomera for wargames with the Aussies in the desert in the world's largest firing range. I heard them just 2 days ago fly in formation. They got their Airways Clearance and were transferred onto the same frequency I on at the time.
Just couldn't resist. Must owe you a couple of beers. 
