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Re:The F-35 as a Subscription Service by ohgr on Thursday March 20, 2025 @03:37PM (#43427900)
I suspect, like the UK, most regional defence agencies have thoroughly reverse engineered this stuff and are shifting to locally manufactured stuff.

I have hopes for BAE Tempest.

Re:The F-35 as a Subscription Service by pavlov on Thursday March 20, 2025 @03:45PM (#43427993)
Finland can't afford that kind of thing. It's a bit unique because it has a large and well-trained army (by European standards) but a smallish defense budget.

The Finnish military basically runs on the collective trauma of the last Russian invasion. There's a general conscription for male citizens, and reserve forces receive regular refresh training to keep their skills active. But you can't transform that kind of spirit into fighter planes.

Re:The F-35 as a Subscription Service by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday March 21, 2025 @01:08PM (#43438276)
Specialize in laaarge catapults to shoot the stuff from Onkalo into whomevers big mouth.

Splat!