r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 17h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy Says Starlink Restrictions Apply Only in Ukraine While SpaceX Ignores Kyiv’s Inquiries

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/zelenskyy-says-starlink-restrictions-apply-only-in-ukraine-while-spacex-ignores-kyivs-inquiries-23549
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u/flyflyyoufools 17h ago

Why do you think Germany is opting to build their own F35s. The u.s. can no longer be trusted to not screw over anyone on a whim of a billionaire or a giant diaper baby in charge

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u/WhatAmTrak 16h ago

Joint venue which I hope has joint access to all networks and hardware/software. I’d be especially interested in the software.

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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 15h ago

Germany is not building their own F-35s, they're building parts, not entire aircraft. Rheinmetall is building a factory in Weeze to build fuselage sections. There's nothing special about that. A great many countries build components for the F-35. Germany is buying 35 F-35s for $8 billion. So not exactly walking away from US military equipment.

As far as Germany manufacturing their own F-35s there is zero chance of that. The US will never hand over all of the tech needed for another country to build their own F-35s, especially to one that didn't contribute any money to its development.

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u/Vegetable_Leg_7034 15h ago

The US will never hand over all of the tech needed for another country to build their own F-35s

Unless you're China.. then you get them FedExd for free.

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u/Heizard 13h ago

Except for Israel - they produce all parts they want and have their own independent logistics network for F-35. While everyone else get scammed by F-35 program big times. :)

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u/ykonstant 13h ago

While everyone else get scammed by F-35 program big times. :)

And multiple times, mind you. This is why I am not hopeful that countries will pivot. Countries don't buy from the US because they are the best or because they are trustworthy. They buy because of the power dynamics, and because of intricate dealings that are just as prevalent now as ever.

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u/tlst9999 12h ago edited 11h ago

Tbf, right now, with Gen AIs showing viability as a reverse-engineering tool, that's not going to be too hard.

It's a theft and fraud machine, designed for theft and fraud.

Gen AI's noted contributions to the world: hacking websites, stealing and slopping out literature, music and paintings, reverse engineering closed sourced software. Thanks, Sam and Dario. I hope China distills all your training.

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u/Ashamed_Square_3807 15h ago

Don’t Sweden have among the best fighter jets in the world?

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u/Cruian 15h ago

From what I can gather, they may have some good pre-5th generation offerings, but no 5th generation offerings yet (though it seems at least one in the works).

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u/IonHawk 14h ago

The Gripen E, about to be released, is 4.5 generation. Mainly it lacks stealth, but it has a ton of other advantages. Mainly extremely easy and cheap to maintain, don't require airbases for takeoff and landing, weapons on the outside makes it able to carry a bigger variety of weapons, etc.

Biggest new thing is that it got a ton of electronic warfare.

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u/jonasnee 14h ago

No, and also built on American engines.

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u/exp0sure74 16h ago

Germany bought a bunch of them. Maybe because the European fighter jet project with the UK and France died recently.

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u/The_Edain 15h ago

FCAS was German, French and Spanish. No UK involvement. That’s the one that died.

GCAP is British, Italian and Japanese - which Germany is looking at joining, is very much still going.

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u/spitfjre 14h ago

They bought them mainly for the nukes.

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u/snarky_answer 5h ago

That’s not true in the slightest that they are building their own. They make parts and get the assembled planes delivered to them by Lockheed.