The Staggering Cost of Losing Canada, Australia & New Zealand's Arms Market

 

 Over the last five years, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have spent tens of billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment. But what does this mean for their sovereignty, jobs, and industries at home? With U.S. politics growing more hostile, is dependency on American kit a risk rather than a safeguard? This video breaks down the true costs, the alternatives, and how these nations can cooperate with each other, Europe, and the UK instead. 

 

In this episode we cover: 

 

Canada’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jet program (US$15–24 billion) 

Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (Canada & New Zealand) 

Canada’s new River-class destroyers built at Irving Shipbuilding 

LAV 6 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles from General Dynamics Land Systems 

Roshel Senator MRAPs produced with the help of Ukrainian refugees 

Australia’s Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles and Hawkei 

U.S.-built Apache attack helicopters, Abrams tanks, and Raytheon missiles 

The AUKUS submarine program and Virginia-class nuclear subs 

Australia’s radar leadership: CEA Technologies’ CEAFAR and JORN 

The SYPAQ Corvo “cardboard drone” flat-pack UAVs for Ukraine 

New Zealand’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopters 

Rocket Lab’s role in sovereign space launches and satellites 

HamiltonJet’s advanced marine propulsion systems  

 

Key themes: 

 

Billions flowing into U.S. contracts instead of local industries 

Risks of dependency on American supply chains 

Lost jobs and missed opportunities in domestic defence production 

How Canada, Australia, and New Zealand could cooperate with Europe and the UK 

Why sovereignty and industrial resilience matter more than ever

 

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Source:   MilitaryRated