A small reminder that Iran has managed to keep 41 F-14 Tomcats flying through several decades of total US and Western sanctions.
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Fionna O’Leary
Sobering reminder : 🇺🇸 defence stuff losing its cachet
“When US foreign policy abruptly changes, the aircraft remain — but contractors, spare parts and badly needed software updates suddenly disappear. Within weeks, more than half the aircraft are grounded.”
www.ft.com/content/1503...
“When US foreign policy abruptly changes, the aircraft remain — but contractors, spare parts and badly needed software updates suddenly disappear. Within weeks, more than half the aircraft are grounded.”
www.ft.com/content/1503...
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You used to be able to buy generic or scrap parts, cobble together repairs yourself — now you have to go to the dealership and have them plug in the proprietary computer to do the analytics, do software updates etc.