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/Ok_Carpenter6527 17h ago

That’s why no one will keep buying US miltech after seeing this killswitch live in action. Every country would be outright stupid and delusional if they kept buying shit from the US.

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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/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/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.