[Newsbot]

Title: Canada to withdraw from NATO AWACS program
Category: Military
Posted By: saturn_656
Date: 2011-06-09 07:08:20
Canadian

[saturn_656]

Might make sense if we had our own AWACS... we don't.

[DanSC]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

Might make sense if we had our own AWACS... we don't.

I don't think it would make sense even then. In NATO, the costs are at least spread out among all member nations.

[saturn_656]

DanSC DanSC:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

Might make sense if we had our own AWACS... we don't.

I don't think it would make sense even then. In NATO, the costs are at least spread out among all member nations.

What I meant was if we already had (read: paying for) our own AWACS, why pony out more cash for communal NATO planes?

[DanSC]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

DanSC DanSC:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

Might make sense if we had our own AWACS... we don't.

I don't think it would make sense even then. In NATO, the costs are at least spread out among all member nations.

What I meant was if we already had (read: paying for) our own AWACS, why pony out more cash for communal NATO planes?

Ah of course. Good point

[Arctic_Menace]

I'm pretty sure that Canada has no AWACS capability, so pulling out of this is really just a los for us and giving us another (albeit loaned) aerial capability.