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Canada bought Australia's 'biggest defence export' before the US, due to Trump

by testrun on 3/18/25, 11:35 PM with 3 comments

  • by JumpCrisscross on 3/19/25, 12:08 AM

    "Overnight, new Canadian leader Mark Carney spoke to his counterpart, Anthony Albanese, then flew to his country's Arctic territory of Nunavut to announce a $6.5 billion high-tech Australian military purchase."

    Wow, look at what one can do with a youthful executive! (Bright young age of 60.)

  • by pestatije on 3/18/25, 11:48 PM

    unless Canada is as reliable buying defense kit as Australia is

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack-class_submarine#Cancell...