The Rebel Faction

Yes. As the Americans (for the first half of the war) sold said weapons to both sides

But anywho....

The Avro Arrow we hold to the most because it is just recently being beaten out in terms of capabilities. Considering how one of the next plans on the list was a lunar lander (and I shit ye not on that), who knows how else history would've panned out if Diefenfucker hadn't screwed us over?

That was actually a good decision.

That's a matter of opinion, Marth. There are factors which support and deny each claim, be it; Idea Good, or Idea Bad.

Fact - It would have been the best high-atmosphere superiority fighter jet on the market for decades, only to be beaten by true combat craft in terms of aerial preformance. It would have only recently been facing a future on the block or on the upgrade. The cost reflects that, what it also reflects, is that we already had customers lined up to buy the thing before the first prototype was even constructed. And if we'd gone with the Mirage engines... would'a cut the cost considerably.

Great plane. Also had applications in anti-satellite weaponry.

As for WWII.

Britian is an island nation. It is fully dependant on external supply lines. The Royal Navy would have faced almost certian demise had they not Canadians to help crew their ships (RCN - Royal Canadian Navy) & RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force). Screw the Yanks, without Canada the war would have gone in a considerably different direction without.

And the only thing that makes Americas fighting forces enviable... Lift and deployment capability. It's the only thing that keeps the Koreans from galavanting all over the globe like some. Airlift, water lift, you name it.

And the Avro Arrow had applications as an anti-submarine and anti-warship technologies too.

I say... Idea Bad.

The Blackberry is a fair utility for the Ideas-Man on the go, or the Constant-Communicator who can't lug a laptop around all day. You take that away, once they've become dependant, and the masses will cry bloody murder.

It's like civil rights. They may not have existed a thousand years ago, but try and tell a North American he or she does not have the right to vote, the right to free speech, or the right to independant religion and you're gonna have a civil fucking war on your hands.

Blackplagueberries suck. I hate that they're Canadian, but I don't mind the institute for Physics that it founded. I'd rather have one malfunctioning Avro Arrow then a million top-knotch blackpussies.

But without Canada the Battle of Britain would've been lost by Britain. And then Hitler would've had all day to blow up the British Army.

True, but what are the chances that the superior weapon can be produced in bulk as readily as the US version to make it worthwhile?