It is no secret that the big difference between the U.S. military and the military forces of the rest of the world is the stratospheric leap the Americans have made in the sophistication of their equipment. A country the size of Canada cannot expect to keep up with the technological advances of the world’s one remaining superpower, nor can it afford to allow a huge gap to develop between its own capital equipment and the advanced equipment of its allies.
Un pays de la taille du Canada ne peut pas s’attendre à suivre le rythme des percées technologiques de la seule superpuissance au monde ni permettre qu’un écart considérable se creuse entre ses biens d’équipement et ceux de ses alliés.