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The future fighter debate

OTTAWA—For the senior brass at the Royal Canadian Air Force, there is no question whatsoever that they want the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning as the replacement for their aging fleet of CF-18 Hornet fighter planes.

They have wanted the F-35, and only the F-35, since this fifth-generation stealth strike fighter was first on the drawing board in 1997.

In 2010, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government announced a sole-source deal to purchase 65 F-35s for the Air Force at a cost of $9-billion for the aircraft, and a total program cost of $16-billion. However, as the F-35 experienced technical teething trouble, and the costs soared, Harper pushed the reset button on the entire controversial procurement.

Not sure Elbows Up TDS is the best mindset when evaluating fighter jets.

by Blazingcatfur•November 25, 2025November 25, 2025•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "RCAF", Canada, Sweden, USA

13-Year-Old Suspect Arrested for Shooting 6 in Swedish City Center

Six people were injured in a shooting on Friday night in the town of Gävle, Sweden. Gunfire erupted around 2 a.m. local time on a lively street lined with bars, restaurants, and shops, where people were out enjoying the evening. Swedish Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer described the incident as as “a very serious and ruthless act of violence.”

None of the victims—all teens—sustained life-threatening injuries, but all required hospital care, police spokesman Tobias Ahlén-Svalbro told Expressen.

by Blazingcatfur•October 6, 2025October 5, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Camp Of The Saints, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden

Sweden Democrats: Fix Broken Health System for Swedes, Not Gazans

Swedish citizens are constantly being let down by their health care system. But rather than focus on improving services for their voters, establishment figures are considering plans that would place them under further strain.

Health Minister Acko Ankarberg Johansson said on Monday that the government does not rule out transporting Gazans to Sweden and treating them there, an idea supported by the opposition. But already, Swedish hospitals are being closed down, and their patients sent to overcrowded facilities, with women from six regions having to travel up to 300 km to give birth.

by Blazingcatfur•August 20, 2025August 20, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, Gaza, Sweden

Sweden’s elder rape scandal

The sexual abuse of elderly women by migrant carers was shamefully ignored.

In autumn last year, Sweden was shaken by a scandal that shares some disturbing similarities with the grooming-gangs scandal in Britain. It is on a far smaller scale. But in Sweden, as in Britain, it seems that many vulnerable individuals have been raped and sexually abused, while the people whose job it should have been to protect them failed to do so. What’s more, those in positions of authority sometimes downplayed or hushed up allegations because of their low view of the victims and, potentially, the identity of some of the perpetrators.

by Blazingcatfur•April 28, 2025April 27, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden, WTF?

How Sweden’s multi-cultural dream went fatally wrong

To show me just how bad gang crime has become in Sweden, all journalist Diamant Salihu has to do is forward a few mobile phone messages. At first glance, they look like spam, written in garish fonts and promising large sums of money, there to be earned. It’s only on closer examination that the purpose of the pistol and skull emojis becomes clear.

These are so-called “murder ads” – posted online by gang leaders, offering bounties to anyone willing to carry out the hits.

by Blazingcatfur•April 14, 2025April 13, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", "Multiculturalism", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden

Sweden, the once model society now plagued by guns

Gangs, anger over migration and the worst shooting in its history have turned a land of harmony into a tinderbox

Students scattered and found cover. Classrooms were barricaded and corridors became instant crime scenes. One woman used her shawl to try to stop a man next to her from bleeding to death. Another witness told a newspaper that he saw a “bloodbath … the sickest thing I’ve ever seen”.

On Tuesday, one police chief described the scene at Campus Risbergska, an adult education campus in Orebro in central Sweden, as resembling an “inferno”.

by Blazingcatfur•February 9, 2025February 9, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Sweden

Swedish government says Stockholm mosque used by Iran for spying

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Sweden’s government on Monday accused a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora.

Sweden’s Minister for Social Affairs said on X that the Swedish Security Service assessed that the Imam Ali Islamic Center in Stockholm was used by Iran as a platform to spy and conduct activities threatening security.

“This is extremely serious,” Jakob Forssmed said, and added that Sweden had stopped all state monetary aid to the centre. He added, without elaborating, that “an additional process” was under way.

And the Swedes were funding the mosque. Talk about an own goal.

by Blazingcatfur•February 3, 2025February 3, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden, WTF?

Sweden Mulls Deporting Inmates from Gang-Overflowing Prisons

Sweden is considering transferring convicted criminals to foreign prisons as a response to its escalating crime crisis. A government-commissioned investigation, launched in December 2023, concluded that there are no legal barriers preventing Sweden from leasing prison spaces abroad. Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer announced the findings on Wednesday, emphasising that negotiations with potential host countries are already underway.

The proposal follows a surge in violent crime, particularly linked to gang activity, which has pushed Sweden’s prisons to capacity. The number of prison sentences issued in 2023 increased by 25% compared to the previous year, with a total of nearly 200,000 months of incarceration. By 2033, Swedish authorities estimate they will need 27,000 prison beds—more than double the current 11,000.

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 30, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden

Man who burned Quran ‘shot dead in Sweden’ … Smells like mass immigration from incompatible cultures

A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports.

Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm, on Wednesday evening.

Unrest broke out after Mr Momika set fire to a copy of Islam’s holy book outside Stockholm Central Mosque in 2023.

Stockholm police said in a statement that five people had been arrested after a man in his 40s was shot dead overnight.

The Swedish government is not in control.

This is the textbook definition of a failed state. Sweden, a brand new member of NATO has imploded and may need outside intervention to figure herself out. Europe take heed.https://t.co/J3qzLs4eaN https://t.co/W7uvS6Z3rh

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan) January 30, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•January 30, 2025January 30, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Camp Of The Saints, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden

Sweden’s Awakening: Citizenship of Dual Nationals To Be Revoked in Gang Crackdown

Sweden’s government has announced plans to amend the constitution to allow authorities to revoke Swedish citizenship for dual nationals involved in gang-related crimes. The move comes in response to rising organised crime and security concerns, which Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer has described as threats to democracy.

The reforms will enable parliament to strip dual citizens of their Swedish nationality if they are found guilty of crimes threatening state security or linked to organised criminal networks. This aligns with similar policies in Denmark, where citizenship can already be revoked for actions harmful to state interests. By targeting gang leaders orchestrating violent crimes from abroad, the government aims to disrupt networks responsible for a dramatic rise in shootings and bombings.

by Blazingcatfur•January 20, 2025January 19, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, Sweden

Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants

Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants, a new study has found.

Researchers at Lund University found that 63 per cent of convictions for rape or attempted rape were handed down to people born abroad, or whose parents were born abroad.

The study examined 4,000 convictions between 2000 and 2024 and also suggested that the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape.

by Blazingcatfur•January 19, 2025January 19, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Sweden

Sweden celebrates huge success in migrant crackdown as number granted asylum hits 40-year low

The number of migrants granted asylum in Sweden dropped to the lowest level in 40 years in 2024, according to the country’s government – the result of a decade-long crackdown on immigration.

Sweden stunned the world by taking in nearly 163,000 asylum seekers during the 2015 migrant crisis – the highest number per capita of any EU country.

But following a dramatic policy reversal, just 6,250 asylum-related residence permits were granted in the Scandinavian country last year, according to Migration Minister Johan Forssell, who cited fresh statistics from the Migration Agency.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2025January 14, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, Sweden

Why ‘open-hearted’ Sweden brought in a wholesale crackdown on asylum

After the 2015 refugee crisis, years of liberal migration policies met the tough reality of gangs, riots and failed integration

Sweden is set to record its lowest number of asylum applications in a quarter of a century after a wholesale crackdown, its migration minister has told The Times.

For decades the Nordic state took a uniquely “open-hearted” approach to refugees, including Europe’s most liberal programme of state support for them to sustain their native languages and cultures. During the 2015 migration crisis Sweden took in nearly 163,000 asylum seekers, more in per capita terms than any other European Union member.

by Blazingcatfur•January 3, 2025January 2, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, Sweden

Sweden To Review Refugee Status for Migrants Vacationing in Countries They Fled From

The Swedish government has given its migration agency an expanded mandate to collaborate with police and embassies on new procedures for tracking and investigating asylum seekers’ travel to their countries of origin. The initiative aims to make the process more efficient by improving information sharing between agencies. The agencies have been asked to deliver a joint report by July 1, 2025.

A Novus survey for the news magazine Bulletin in 2022 found that 79% of immigrants who came to Sweden as refugees have at least once traveled back to their country of origin for a vacation.

by Sarcasticat•December 6, 2024December 6, 2024•0•Immigration invasion, Sweden

Why Sweden is cracking down on cousin marriages

In Sweden, marrying your first cousin has long been legal, though as in the UK it is widely frowned upon. Yet in response to the growing number of cousin marriages in Sweden after a rise in migration, the government has announced plans to ban the practice next year. A Bill is currently being drafted. In Norway, a ban on cousin marriage was adopted this summer. Denmark may soon follow in the footsteps of its Nordic neighbours.

The reason for the move is the same in all the Nordic countries; within certain large immigrant communities, the practice of cousin marriage remains common. In parts of the Middle East and North Africa, up to half of all marriages are between relatives. Pakistan, which has a significant immigrant population in the UK, has one of the highest prevalence of cousin marriages in the world.

by Blazingcatfur•October 15, 2024October 15, 2024•0•Sweden