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The article says that the US needs to provide re-export permission. It’s likely this won’t be granted. Given Australia is an extremely close US ally, it’s like
by guidedlight 3y ago
The article says that the US needs to provide re-export permission. It’s likely this won’t be granted.
Given Australia is an extremely close US ally, it’s likely these particular F/A-18’s contain top secret components that are not authorised for export to Ukraine.
They also may be stored in an airworthy condition, as a tactical solution for any major escalation in the APAC region.