Welp, looks like Türkiye is looking at acquiring Eurofighter Typhoons instead of F-35s. At this rate, Trump's reputational damage—self-inflicted by attacking his allies and cutting Ukraine off at the knees—is going to take down the US military export industry. Nobody wants to build their armed services around weapons bought from a supplier who couid decide to disable them on a whim.
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@cstross weren't they already being blocked from buying F-35s though, based on also having S-400 systems?
torstein @Torstein@mastodon.social@heretohinder @cstross yeah, but as recently as February this year they were told by the current administration they would be readmitted if they dropped the S-400 contract.
Seems like Erdogan will keep trying to balance both Putin and NATO, but that he is gambling on the US becoming irrelevant.
Add this to Canada and Portugal ditching the F-35, LMT investors is not going to be happy w Trump.