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I wonder if the new right-wing German government will be more willing to help Ukraine (early signals are that they will be). Good riddance to Olaf Scholz. Fucking waschlappen.
I was thinking the same thing. By alienating its allies the US is also alienating weapons customers. The military industrial complex isn't going to appreciate its business drying up. I wonder what they might eventually resort to if Trump keeps pushing in this direction.He could. And may do this. If he does, it's the end of the US defence sector in the long run. The French have long argued for strategic independence. And that includes from ITAR. They will have been proven right and Europe will split off from the US.
So interesting article about the Gripen being blocked by the United States for export to Columbia Just shows how much dominance the United States has over the global arms market when even Jets that aren't produced by them they decide whether a country can purchase them also makes me wonder if this was some of the background behind why Ukraine got f-16s and still can't get Gripens
The way I understand it, the US can't block the sale of a foreign product but it can control the export or sale of US equipment, systems and technology, and most western military assets have it.So interesting article about the Gripen being blocked by the United States for export to Columbia Just shows how much dominance the United States has over the global arms market when even Jets that aren't produced by them they decide whether a country can purchase them also makes me wonder if this was some of the background behind why Ukraine got f-16s and still can't get Gripens
So interesting article about the Gripen being blocked by the United States for export to Columbia Just shows how much dominance the United States has over the global arms market when even Jets that aren't produced by them they decide whether a country can purchase them also makes me wonder if this was some of the background behind why Ukraine got f-16s and still can't get Gripens
And even France has had little success since the end of the Cold War in getting its combat aircraft into the Americas. Peru has some old Mirages, while no one has the Rafale.Unless, you're buying outside the west and friendly Asia, there's honestly only one Western country that goes out of its way to reduce and avoid ITAR content to the maximum available: France.
So, now Trump is going to support Ukraine's fight?From BBC 16.30
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- At around 19:30 GMT, the Financial Times newspaper reported that terms had been agreed between the two countries, citing Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna
- Roughly half an hour later, AFP news said the same - though it cited a senior Ukrainian official source who didn't want to be named
- Other outlets, including Bloomberg and Reuters news agency, soon followed - all citing their own sources
- All the while, our own teams were contacting officials and sources in Washington and Kyiv to stand up the reports
- Then, just after 21:00 GMT, the BBC heard directly from a senior Ukrainian official that the US and Ukraine had indeed agreed the terms of the minerals deal - a reminder, though, that the White House has not yet commented
Trump suggests Zelensky will travel to DC this week - Kyiv yet to comment published at 17:04
Donald Trump is currently signing his next bunch of executive orders in the Oval Office and as he does so, responding to various questions thrown at him by reporters in the room.
In one answer - to a question about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky - the US president says: "I hear that he's coming [to Washington] on Friday".
If that's right, such a meeting would come a week after Trump called Zelensky a "dictator" and the Ukrainian leader accused his American counterpart of "living in a disinformation space" created by Russia.
It's clear that Trump wants the world under the fat thumb of America, so it's perfectly logical in his mind that a 'protection racket' is good for business. You pay for your protection.I'm sure the Ukrainian people feel better that Trump has deigned to allow them the "right" to continue to exist . . . with conditions.
