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The Netherlands buys them, much too my chagrin. But hey, we have nukes and I think we are forced to buy F35 to carry them. The pretense that the decision to b
by the-dude 9y ago
The Netherlands buys them, much too my chagrin.
But hey, we have nukes and I think we are forced to buy F35 to carry them.
The pretense that the decision to buy was democratic was all smoke-and-mirrors imho.
There was no way not to buy.
- hn0 9y agoBelgium as well. Geopolitical and commercial ties to our great liberator I suppose.
- lloeki 9y agoRafale is nuke-capable (F3 standard) since 2008. Dunno if the nuke-capable version is exported though (the F in F3 stands for "France")
- the-dude 9y agoIt is about being compatible with US nukes and their systems.
- lloeki 9y agoGood point. This was more about wondering whether France was willing to export nuke capability than anything else though.
- the-dude 9y agoI am confused : my google-fu says Rafael is Israeli. What is the French connection?
- detritus 9y agoNone here - you mistranscribed :) Rafale and Rafaele are two different beasts - one is the name of a plane made by Dassault industries, the other is an Israeli defence company.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Advanced_Defense_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Advanced_Defense_System...