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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by rich_sasha on Monday March 10, 2025 @04:58AM (#43318286)
Could the UK thus be Europe's Trojan horse of support? If the US can't switch them off (allegedly), can they use their supply chains to support the rest of Europe?

They may lack the scale, but perhaps that can be built up.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by nradov on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:16PM (#43322732)
The UK doesn't have the supply chains to support the rest of Europe. There are lots of parts on an F-35 that the UK can't make; despite being a Level 1 partner I don't think they have the full technical data package for everything. But neither does the US have the supply chains to support ourselves without the UK, especially for the F-35B model. That's why this whole dispute is so stupid, and hopefully cooler heads will prevail.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/how-much-of-the-f-35-is-brit...

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