Breaking Enlightenment
On January 23, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 1 – in Idlib province, 1 – in Aleppo province, 1 – in Latakia province;
On January 23, an SAA serviceman was killed in the Nayrab area in Idlib province;
Potentially as damaging as the cost over-runs are the claims made by critics like military analyst Winslow Wheeler that the F-35 is a “virtual flying piano” that lacks agility and is grounded far too often for maintenance.
The day the Auditor-General’s damning report on the F-35 fighter jets landed, the Harper government attempted to contain the damage by announcing the creation of a new “F-35 Secretariat” to oversee the process to replace Canada’s aging CF-18 fleet.
