▲ 471 ▼ US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 6 months ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 138 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Isn't that similar to the shit that got Turkey kicked out of the F35 program? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 6 months ago* Yes, except Russia instead of China. To what extent it was the US sending other countries a message "Buy American or else" vs "We think you'll let the radar systems send data on F-35s to Russia", we don't know, but if the second was a genuine concern, all the better for keeping F-35s away from your airspace. IDK if it was the second tho, since the US flies F-35s near the North Korean border every spring, and if Russia wanted radar data, they'd just give one to the DPRK. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 6 months ago* Yes, except Russia instead of China. To what extent it was the US sending other countries a message "Buy American or else" vs "We think you'll let the radar systems send data on F-35s to Russia", we don't know, but if the second was a genuine concern, all the better for keeping F-35s away from your airspace. IDK if it was the second tho, since the US flies F-35s near the North Korean border every spring, and if Russia wanted radar data, they'd just give one to the DPRK. permalink fedilink source parent