you have to go back
BELGIUM BUYS F-35 JETS
Anthony Long
Henry Smith
>post yfw the F-35 was intentionally made to look bad so China/Russia would make a plane only good enough to compete what they think is a defective plane.
Isaac Jones
Is Belgium even big enough to fit a runway
Austin Harris
Imagine how many problems the Chinese are having with theirs that we don't know yet.
Angel Anderson
hm how many can they afford?
3-5?
Liam Nelson
34 at the latest count.
Blake Evans
They fear the LVXEMOVRGER BVLL will reclaim their rightful clay.
Ian Rogers
Anti-air gun shot down a aircraft
truly a shocker
Nobody claims F-35s are invincible.
They're not made to look bad, and fifth gen fighters are objectively the best of the best currentlly. Accidents, malfunctions, etc. happen with every new type of airplane, it just happens that information is spread more commonly in the modern era. So you hear more about it.
Hudson Young
Why didn't they receive back their german territories after WW2?
Connor Lopez
We need an EU-made aircraft with 0% foreign parts. Hence the SCAF.
Since the Tornado, Typhoon and A400M programs didn't go all that well, last I heard the current plan is to have Dassault build a successor to the Rafale and possibly associating Germany with some of the manufacturing, provided it can safely be done.
The Brits have announced an European fighter program of their own (called "Tempest") along with Italy (Leonardo) and Sweden (SAAB). Reportedly, Japan and Turkey are interested.
It's possible the two programs will be merged into one at a later date.