5-year search for Canada's new fighter jets 'ridiculous': analyst

An professional on defence budgeting says the federal authorities’s plan
to preserve a five-12 months opposition to scout out a replacement for the military’s ageing aircraft fleet is “ridiculous” and could be achieved lots quicker.
“The query of why we want 5 years I assume is one which hasn’t truly been completely responded,” David Perry, a senior analyst and fellow with Canadian global Affairs Institute, told CTV’s power Play.
The Liberal government announced Tuesday that it plans to “discover the acquisition” of 18 Boeing awesome Hornet jets until it has settled on a new, permanent aircraft purchase to replace the contemporary fighter jets, which might be more than 30 years antique.