Comment by siliconc0w
Comment by siliconc0w 15 hours ago
It also compromises your sovereignty since you cannot operate them without US assistance. These days that is a deal breaker.
Comment by siliconc0w 15 hours ago
It also compromises your sovereignty since you cannot operate them without US assistance. These days that is a deal breaker.
I think this is the biggest factor. Comments about the USA potentially cutting access to software updates could have cooled interest. The UK is the only country that can operate F-35 semi-independently (our government bought the system to run our own updates).
I’ve seen people point out that the F-35 is still better than anything else you could buy but an inferior jet is probably better than an F-35 with no targeting information!