An F-35 Pilot Explains Why the Jet's Bad Press Misses the Point

Re:An F-35 Pilot Explains Why the Jet's Bad Press Misses the... by MagnumOpus on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:55AM (#27378676)

If Nato didn't exist, Western Europe could focus on building defending forces against Russia rather than spending their defense budget on expeditionary forces that need to tag along on American-led adventures like Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Re:An F-35 Pilot Explains Why the Jet's Bad Press Misses the... by iab on Friday June 04, 2021 @04:09PM (#27398537)

How would they effectively do that though without the cover of the US nuclear umbrella?

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Re:An F-35 Pilot Explains Why the Jet's Bad Press Misses the... by bradleyjg on Friday June 04, 2021 @06:52PM (#27399988)

You really think Germany couldn’t build all the nuclear weapons they wanted to?

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Re:An F-35 Pilot Explains Why the Jet's Bad Press Misses the... by iab on Friday June 04, 2021 @07:32PM (#27400334)

I do think that - how would you go about testing them with a nuclear test-ban treaty in place?

* Assuming that Germany remains responsible and doesn’t go NK route. Maybe that’s not reasonable.

* also assume we are talking about modern thermonuclear weapons

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