Not reported much in US media, but mentioned in this Forbes article and big news in Europe...
"...the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has halted U.S. aid to Ukraine, including vital support for the F-16s’ radar jammers."
So get this straight, the US is disabling vital capabilities of a weapons system a US company sold to an ally.
Putting aside the horrendous ethical and political implications, what allies are now going to buy these vulnerable US weapons?
And right on cue, an article in The Telegraph says Germany is questioning the wisdom of the multi multi billion dollar F-35 program.
No paywall: https://www.yahoo.com/news/f-35-kill-switch-could-170426053.html
Folks, if you are unfamiliar with the F-35 "joint strike fighter", please do a little research and understand that this could hardly be bigger, more disastrous news for the US defense industry and US/EU alliances.
The money quote:
"Wolfgang Ischinger, the former chairman of the Munich Security Conference, told Bild that Mr Trump’s loss of support for Ukraine bodes ill for Germany’s relationship with Washington on defence matters.
Mr Ischinger said: “If we should fear that the US would make the future German F-35 [jets] the same as they do in Ukraine now, then the issue of contract cancellation may be considered.” "
I'm totally #baffled, that the former so #thoughtful and #cautious #WolfgangIschinger proposes a #Sales-#Boycott on #Imports for #american #War-#Weapons. He completely digs the Situation
and if he proposes such Boycott, the #Conditions are dire #earnest.