Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by tephra on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:55AM
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The most important reasons IMHO are (1) domestic election and (2) wanting to get a hold of some F-16s for their air force.
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Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by red-iron-pine on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:59PM
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Which the US would have been willing to give... if they didn't cozy up to the Russians for S-300 and S-400s.
They also wanted F-35s, not just F-16s. That's not one to sell unless you're 100% confident they won't copy it for their own domestic production, or sell it to, say, the Russians. And modern Turkey is looking a little shaky in that regard (no, not an earthquake joke).
Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by sahinyanlik on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @01:44AM
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So you are telling Turkey bought s-400 out of nowhere? US never become true ally of Turkey. And your F-35s reasoning is not right as well. From the beginning Turkey is a part of alliance. But now they afraid Turkey to sell f-35 to Russia?
Re:Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO
by Tommstein on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @09:17PM
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> So you are telling Turkey bought s-400 out of nowhere?
No, from Russia.
> But now they afraid Turkey to sell f-35 to Russia?
No, they're afraid of what Russia's S-400 that Turkey bought might covertly reveal to Russia about the F-35.
Turkey had the choice between the F-35 and the S-400. It chose the S-400 instead of the F-35. It has no one to blame for that decision but Turkey.