❗️🇧🇪Belgium's defense minister has announced plans to purchase additional F-35 fighter, but wants the additional aircraft to be produced in 🇮🇹Italy, not the 🇺🇸United States. - ThreadSky

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militarynewsua.bsky.social • 14 hours ago

❗️🇧🇪Belgium's defense minister has announced plans to purchase additional F-35 fighter, but wants the additional aircraft to be produced in 🇮🇹Italy, not the 🇺🇸United States.

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lastmusketeer.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Building it in Italy makes it no less reliant on US software updates?

bigbadbonker.bsky.social•10 hours ago

No, but it still sends out a message. And some more money stays in the EU.

militarynewsua.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Source: https://www.hln.be/binnenland/minister-theo-francken-onthult-voor-het-eerst-bij-hln-ik-heb-gevraagd-om-extra-f-35s-in-italie-te-produceren-niet-in-de-vs~ab502713/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.armyrecognition.com%2F

cristianpilo71.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The sensitive tech parts are anyway made in USA altough the plane will be totally assembled and partly produced in Italy. Not a big difference.

amsterdams1275.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I think I'm going to bang my head to the wall for an hour. Maybe I will understand the Belgium logic after losing some braincells

mrgeosit81.bsky.social•13 hours ago

We dont have the logistical means to maintain 2 types of aircraft. And on the other hand we need more aircraft so... we are fucked both sides.

bozone23.bsky.social•14 hours ago

No nation on Earth should make any agreements involving the U.S. under the current criminal Trump junta. Trump and his gang believe themselves to be above any law including the U.S. Constitution.

Trump will honor an agreement only as long as it is to his advantage.

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