It would make it much easier for them to integrate into NORAD & NATO missions, reduce financial pressure for American tax payers, and have much hardier and versatile fighters with lower maintenance costs.
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Deals are getting done. Submarines from Germany. Airplanes from Sweden and Canada.
Wonder how much use we ever got from the pile of second hand scrap they bought from Austrailia. Probably still get a laugh over that hanging out around the billabong.
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Wonder how much use we ever got from the pile of second hand scrap they bought from Austrailia. Probably still get a laugh over that hanging out around the billabong.
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Don't bring unexploded material to police, they'll pick it up, OPP say
Woman, 77, brings unexploded grenade to Ottawa OPP station
Author of the article:Staff Reporter
Published Jul 11, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 1 minute read
Second World War era grenade dropped off at Ontario Provincial Police station July 10, 2026. OPP
Second World War era grenade dropped off at Ontario Provincial Police station July 10, 2026. OPP OPP VIA X
Provincial police say they’re ready and willing to help with problem items like the Second World War era hand grenade brought to the Ottawa detachment Friday.
But they urge residents to call ahead and allow the experts to pick up and dispose of the explosive material.
Const. Michael Fathi of the OPP’s Ottawa detachment said a 77-year-old area resident came across the grenade, as well as a second “live” shell, while cleaning her basement.
She brought the items to the station, but Fathi said the woman was told to leave the (potential) explosives outside.
“You don’t know what condition they’re in, whether they can still explode,” he noted.
“You don’t want to take chance.”
The grenade stayed outside the OPP detachment while explosives experts stored it safely pending the arrival of members of Canadian Forces at Petawawa to take possession to dispose of the device.
While the exact model wasn’t identified, according to Wikipedia, the common U.S. Mk 2 hand grenade contained about 57 grams of TNT and could inflict casualties with shrapnel up to 45 meters away, “which was often further than a soldier could safely throw it.”
Fathi also noted it was unclear where the explosives came from originally.
He said it’s not the first time he or his colleagues have been called to deal with such devices.
“When I was posted at Kemptville, we had (explosives delivered to the post) several times,” he said.
The safest solution is for people to contact their local police to pick the device up, he stressed.
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Woman, 77, brings unexploded grenade to Ottawa OPP station
Author of the article:Staff Reporter
Published Jul 11, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 1 minute read
Second World War era grenade dropped off at Ontario Provincial Police station July 10, 2026. OPP
Second World War era grenade dropped off at Ontario Provincial Police station July 10, 2026. OPP OPP VIA X
Provincial police say they’re ready and willing to help with problem items like the Second World War era hand grenade brought to the Ottawa detachment Friday.
But they urge residents to call ahead and allow the experts to pick up and dispose of the explosive material.
Const. Michael Fathi of the OPP’s Ottawa detachment said a 77-year-old area resident came across the grenade, as well as a second “live” shell, while cleaning her basement.
She brought the items to the station, but Fathi said the woman was told to leave the (potential) explosives outside.
“You don’t know what condition they’re in, whether they can still explode,” he noted.
“You don’t want to take chance.”
The grenade stayed outside the OPP detachment while explosives experts stored it safely pending the arrival of members of Canadian Forces at Petawawa to take possession to dispose of the device.
While the exact model wasn’t identified, according to Wikipedia, the common U.S. Mk 2 hand grenade contained about 57 grams of TNT and could inflict casualties with shrapnel up to 45 meters away, “which was often further than a soldier could safely throw it.”
Fathi also noted it was unclear where the explosives came from originally.
He said it’s not the first time he or his colleagues have been called to deal with such devices.
“When I was posted at Kemptville, we had (explosives delivered to the post) several times,” he said.
The safest solution is for people to contact their local police to pick the device up, he stressed.
Don't bring unexploded material to police, they'll pick it up, OPP say
OPP urges residents to call police to handle explosive material and not bring potentially live grenades to the detachment.