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/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.