Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoCanada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jetswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13
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minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoI don’t think I can understate just how ridiculously expensive it is to start up your own jet fighting industry from basically scratch. In the entire world, there are only 5 countries that produce fighter jets. USA, Sweden, France, China, Russia.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoLook at Sweden over here punching above its weight class! (going strictly by population size)
I don’t think I can understate just how ridiculously expensive it is to start up your own jet fighting industry from basically scratch.
In the entire world, there are only 5 countries that produce fighter jets. USA, Sweden, France, China, Russia.
Look at Sweden over here punching above its weight class!
(going strictly by population size)