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It also compromises your sovereignty since you cannot operate them without US assistance. These days that is a deal breaker.
by siliconc0w 1y ago
It also compromises your sovereignty since you cannot operate them without US assistance. These days that is a deal breaker.
- scott_w 1y agoI think this is the biggest factor. Comments about the USA potentially cutting access to software updates could have cooled interest. The UK is the only country that can operate F-35 semi-independently (our government bought the system to run our own updates). I’ve seen people point out that the F-35 is still better than anything else you could buy but an inferior jet is probably better than an F-35 with no targeting information!