joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@edwiebe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edwiebe</span></a></span> </p><p>Ed, it all depends on perspective. Right now, if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> were to invade <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/F16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>F16</span></a>'s we had been using as ALLIES of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> would be rendered useless the moment their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryIndustrialComplex</span></a> flipped the "kill switch" on those jets. America's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ODIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ODIN</span></a> program controls <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a> and targeting equipment, among other things. Once that kill switch is engaged, our pilots would be flying blind. Useless. </p><p>We can't depend on America anymore. We need our own planes.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Never51" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Never51</span></a></p>