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We sell Canada a medium-old CV/CVN and a few good AAW escorts for a dollar, the stip being that Canada buys a new F-18 wing from us to fly off of the darned thing. Load it up with helos and jet fuel and you're part of the CVBG team at bargain basement prices.
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We don't need a Canada struggling to operate a carrier. We need one able to take a bigger role in operations.
The money it would cost them to set that up would be better spent on giving their CF-18A/Bs the AIM-120/AIM-9X and new all weather PGMs (JDAMs at least) to make them more usefull in joint operations. No offense to anyone but Canada didn't even get the GBU-12 until 1999ish and back then (Bosnia/Kosovo) they lacked comm equipment to even work with NATO, and they still fly with the AIM-7M. Give the CF-18A/Bs a bigger upgrade (they are already planning to fit the APG-73/AIM-120/comm stuff) to make them of more use for joint operations.
Maybe get some UH-60/CH-47s to play joint warfare and shorten a log train as well. The Bell 412 (current meduim lift bird there) all said is actually a civie bird not really meant to go out in combat.
I don't see the need for heavy armored units in Canada for the modern day joint operations.