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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by hkt on Sunday January 19, 2020 @03:46AM (#22090248)
Sorry to be a pedant, but the UK's military capability is at an all time low. We have made awful purchasing decisions across the army, navy and air force, as well as failing to recruit enough people. There isn't a part of the UK military which isn't in crisis. We are not the force your post suggests we are.
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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by dTal on Sunday January 19, 2020 @10:03AM (#22091759)
Awful purchasing decisions from the US, uniformly. The deeper into this rabbit hole one goes, the stronger the smell of rats. One truly wonders who was persuaded to give away the entire fleet of carrier-borne aircraft to the US Marines - and how...
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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by hkt on Monday January 20, 2020 @03:31AM (#22097331)
I read it as political stupidity rather than malice. Maybe not though. The requirement to have VTOL craft for our new carriers was an unforced error though, that necessitated the much more expensive model of the F35 that even the US doesn't generally use. We could've just opted for a better carrier design, or retrofitted.
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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by dTal on Monday January 20, 2020 @07:21AM (#22098300)
Or just... kept the perfectly serviceable (indeed, newly refitted) fleet of Harrier VTOL carrier aircraft? Instead of practically giving them to the US? Who were mysteriously happy to have them, despite the ostensible F35 replacement being an American product?

The entire thing reminds of this[1] Futurama bit. "You won't be needing Harriers anymore, will you? I take Harriers now, F35 come next decade".

[1]https://youtu.be/kNyETSyc4qo?t=98

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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by hkt on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:26AM (#22104963)
No disagreement here. I somewhat assumed there was a reason for the F35 at all..
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