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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by ta988 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:10AM (#43309687)
Absolutely every European country can make something better than a brick.

And there are high quality planes like the Rafale that aren't PaaS (Planes as a Service) where the owner can unilaterally stop you from using it.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by ExoticPearTree on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:11AM (#43309715)
You did read the article saying the US is not supplying "software updates" to the F16s and the planes themselves fly just fine, right?
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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by spacedcowboy on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:29AM (#43309911)
I think the comment is in reaction to the F35 ones above it. Without activated software, these are bricks.

And no country wants to wake up to a set of bricks when they really need warplanes all of a sudden.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by wood_spirit on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:36AM (#43310006)
A plane without up to date countermeasures is not fit for purpose. They will be ineffective or even unusable in weeks.
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