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Europe is deciding that US technology addiction is better than Russian subjugation. It's not a time to be playing political games buying sub-par weapons. Bad
by bpodgursky 1y ago
Europe is deciding that US technology addiction is better than Russian subjugation.
It's not a time to be playing political games buying sub-par weapons. Bad for Saab, but that's reality. The world is dangerous again.
- alimw 1y agoIf your weapons can stop working according the whim of America, that would be seriously subpar.
- bpodgursky 1y agoThe reality is that European solidarity is not ironclad either. Is the US, or Germany, or Sweden more likely to fold and deactivate* weapon systems under nuclear blackmail? It sounds hypothetical but seriously, what would Gripen do if tactical nukes were dropped on Estonia and Putin threatened the same on Sweden if they didn't back off? I don't know, and you don't either. *I've not seen credible accusations this is possible, but assuming it is
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