US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s

Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by pokstad on Sunday March 09, 2025 @10:56AM (#43309561)

Well he’s been very vocal about NATO countries increasing their defense contributions. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the US needs to sell all the weapons.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by ncruces on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:48AM (#43310176)

And all everybody speaks of is expenditure, not capabilities. That alone should tell you what the goal is.

Except it might backfire if Europe understandably decides it must buy European.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by martin_a on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:43PM (#43310867)

Yes, seems like things are already starting to take off:

- Shares of Starlink’s European rival Eutelsat have tripled. CEO says it can do the job in Ukraine. [1]

- Boost for German economy: Armaments sector picks up former car industry employees [2]

[1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/shares-of-starlinks-europe... [2] (German only) https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Ruestungsbranche-sammelt-ehem...

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by alienthrowaway on Sunday March 09, 2025 @08:46PM (#43315642)

> Boost for German economy: Armaments sector picks up former car industry employees

Why do I hear strains of "Spring time for Germany" playing in my head?

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by martin_a on Monday March 10, 2025 @04:51AM (#43318258)

Yesssss, I'd rather have those people working in renewable energy or some other future tech, but that industry was broken down as we all remember... So I guess we have to live with armaments for the moment. :-/

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by mrighele on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:12AM (#43309723)

"Trump Tells Europe to Buy American Arms to Keep NATO Strong". [1]

"U.S. President Donald Trump complained Thursday that his country's decades-old security treaty with Japan is nonreciprocal, as he steps up pressure on allies to increase defense spending and buy more American products." [2]

It's about buying more American weapons.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-13/trump-tel...

[2] https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/03/fd3521d51353-upda...

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by rocqua on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:01PM (#43310345)

We're not increasing defense spending to appease Trump though. We're increasing defense spending because we realize a need for strategic independence from the US. Because for the comming 4 years, it's obvious that the US won't be a reliable partner, and might even be an adversary. It makes no sense for us to buy American if we need strategic independence from the US.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by bhaak on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:22PM (#43310600)

> It's about buying more American weapons.

He's an idiot if he really thinks that his actions will result in this.

European defense stocks are going parabolic right now.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by monetus on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:07PM (#43311139)

He is indeed an idiot. Often more of an idiot than anyone else around.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by tim333 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:52PM (#43310967)

Yeah this turning of F16 support is really going to sell them.

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