The European Commission president says increasing defense spending is necessary in "an era of rearmament." A European summit on defense and Ukraine is planned this week amid tense transatlantic relations.
Also, if any of these contain proprietary code that can not be independently inspected by military staff, they should be considered compromised.
Corporations exist to generate profit. They do not care about borders, and can’t be trusted to not share information with current and future adversaries.
Some Finnish guy claimed that it’s not just that F35s contain proprietary code, they actively phone home daily to the US and stop working if they can’t reach the server.
If that’s true, it’s incredibly fucked up and whoever made the deal to buy them should be fired out of a cannon.
Not sure if they are any good now but I know the F35 had major issues as well.
Also the F35s are very complex and require a lot of maintenance. Not sure about EF , Rafale or Gripens.
Also, if any of these contain proprietary code that can not be independently inspected by military staff, they should be considered compromised.
Corporations exist to generate profit. They do not care about borders, and can’t be trusted to not share information with current and future adversaries.
Some Finnish guy claimed that it’s not just that F35s contain proprietary code, they actively phone home daily to the US and stop working if they can’t reach the server.
If that’s true, it’s incredibly fucked up and whoever made the deal to buy them should be fired out of a cannon.
Gripen is specifically built to be cheap and easy to maintain (for a fighter jet, of course). It seems like it’d be a great choice for Ukraine
Yeah, seems quality of new releases are shit quite over the board - except for some lonely exceptions