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Well, basically every nation with large enough budget has one set up (US, Russia, EU, China, Japan, and India has them). More directly to the point, I won't be
by zinekeller 2y ago
Well, basically every nation with large enough budget has one set up (US, Russia, EU, China, Japan, and India has them). More directly to the point, I won't be shocked if Airbus (which also operates satellite imagery services) steps up, although that would open a very big hole since, uhm, Airbus makes civilian planes too.
(Something to think: European governments have large stakes in Airbus, plus Airbus' history as an intergovernmental consortium might factor in favor here.)
- mopsi 2y agoWhat do you mean by a very big hole? That it would damage the brand and its civilian sales? Airbus is known for civilian airliners, but it has been a major stakeholder in many military projects for decades. Airbus has a 46% (largest) stake in Eurofighter Typoon, 37.5% in MBDA that builds all kinds of missiles, etc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Defence_and_Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Defence_and_Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBDA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBDA
- zinekeller 2y agoC'mon, US could sanction Airbus as a whole if Trump (or whoever actually manages these things) decides to. This was inconceivable back then, but everything is off the tables now.