Is Sweden's Gripen fighter jet the answer to Europe's F-35 fears?
Portugal and Canada are considering buying the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen E/F as a replacement for the American F-35 due to concerns over a "kill switch".
Is it a viable alternative?
Belgium Wants Its F-35 Jets Produced in Italy Instead of the U.S.
Royal Netherlands Air Force and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Achieve Breakthrough F-35 Interoperability at Ramstein Flag #technews24h #aviation #F35 #ramstein #netherlands #lockheedmartin https://www.technews24h.com/2025/04/royal-netherlands-air-force-and.html
L'#F35 e #Trump si preparano a distruggere l'industria aeronautica militare europea?
https://meta-defense.fr/it/2025/04/13/f-35-inde-eau-kas-tuer-industrie-europe/
FR: "#Pistorius besteht auf F-35-Kampfjets als #Abschreckung gegen Putin."
https://www.fr.de/politik/pistorius-besteht-auf-35-kampfjets-als-abschreckung-gegen-putin-zr-93679353.html
Abgesehen von US-Klauseln im Kaufvertrag und Kinderkranheiten des Jets: die F-35 hat nur EIN Triebwerk - wie einst der #F104 #Starfighter, der massenweise abstürzte, u.a. weil die Jet Engine ausfiel:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfighter-Aff%C3%A4re
De naïviteit van de voormalige CdS Dick Berlijn is ronduit schokkend:
'Er zit wrs geen kill-switch in', 'dat hoeft ook niet want dan leveren ze gewoon geen software of wapens meer.' Hij zou nog steeds een F35 kopen maar 'de politieke paragraaf van het koopcontract wel anders laten opstellen.' Godsamme, wat heb je aan afspraken met een onbetrouwbare leverancier?
"Kan de VS 'onze' F-35 op afstand uitzetten? 'Je weet het nooit helemaal'"
Le #F35 ne passe pas en Suisse.
81% des Suisses rejettent l’achat du chasseur américain, selon un sondage @WatsonActu x @demoscope_ag. À gauche comme à droite, l’opposition est massive – surtout en #Romandie : 87% de refus. Pourquoi ? Coûts en hausse, dépendance technologique, souveraineté fragilisée… et Trump en arrière-plan.
Le plus gros contrat d’armement de l’histoire suisse pourrait coûter 20% de plus d’ici 2029.
Les F-35 ne volent qu’avec l’aval de Washington : mises à
> ... the fix is in. “Low rate initial production” means that subcontracts will be spread across the political landscape, ensuring the creation of an unstoppable lobby preventing any future effort to strangle this boondoggle in its cradle... in 2001 the Pentagon announced that the F-35..would cost $200 billion.. enter service in 2008..[Now] acquisition costs.. doubled.. price is nudging $2trillion, and engineers are still struggling to make the thing work properly.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/f-47-air-force/
#PoliticalEngineering #F35 #F47 #PentagonBudget #AirForceBudget
Kan USA stänga av våra stridsflygplan om de blir sura på oss? Så här svarar experterna | Samhälle | Svenska Yle #turpo #säkpol #F35
https://yle.fi/a/7-10075113
FR: #Schweiz "stellt nach Washington-Chaos [um die #Zölle] die F-35-Jets infrage – #Trump feiert schon Nachfolger" F-47 von #Boeing, der schon getestet werde.
https://www.fr.de/politik/debatte-um-35-kampfjets-nach-trumps-zoellen-schweizer-stellt-kauf-infrage-zr-93669000.html
“MAERSK: THE SHIPPING COMPANY TRANSPORTING ARMS TO ISRAEL”
by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
“Exclusive: Fighter jet components are being transported on Maersk ships to an Israeli air force base, cargo documents suggest”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/maersk-the-shipping-company-transporting-arms-to-israel/
@ErikJonker And don’t forget the ongoing boycot of #usa goods. Led by #canada but #france is stepping in also. Goodbye #F35 and many more to come. They kill themselfs #tourism by arresting and treating a lot of people terrible. #BoycottUsa
Géopolitique 
Les pressions turques au sujet des F-35 et des sanctions n’aboutissent pas
https://www.observatoireturquie.fr/turkish-push-on-f-35s-sanctions-not-taking-off-lena-argiri-ekathimerini-com/
#Turquie #USA #Grèce #F35 #sanctions #MerNoire #Syrie
Putting aside the "shoulds," do you think that a newly elected Canadian Liberal government would cancel the F35 Fighter Jet agreement with the USA, or will it continue well past the 16 already purchased?
#Rheinmetall treibt die Produktion des #US-Kampfjets #F35 weiter voran. Schon im Juli soll am Standort Weeze mit der Herstellung der Rumpfmittelteile gestartet werden. Wenn Länder wie #Deutschland schon dabei bleiben, schafft es wenigstens hierzulande Arbeitsplätze. https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/rheinmetall-auf-rekordkurs-35-produktion-startet-im-sommer-93659701.html
@hanse_mina I guess it ends with #diaperdon giving #rocketman #f35
Canadian general who recommended F-35 deal now calls for purchase of other jets
https://nationalpost.com/public-service/defence-watch/canadian-general-f-35-fighter-jet-deal/wcm/7fbc8c49-c142-4dec-97d5-4dea126e36c9
When you've been a subservient puppet of the #US for 80 years and suddenly you wake up.
#Denmark wants to defend its sovereignty against the #USA with the US #F35, in which the US can fully control its flight capabilities since it does not give full control of the radar to the countries that buy it but keeps it only for them.
Spartacus