There's also a related issue of the F-35, where the US isn't sharing the source code with partner countries. There's always the delightful possibility that your country and the US get into a tiff, or a competitor country is smart enough to reverse-engineer it, and suddenly your very expensive air force stops working. Makes it very difficult to justify pouring money into an increasingly expensive program.
That's not the point. You are assuming the fighters are only for use against the US.
There is the possibility of Brazil (or any other country that has bought F-35s) getting into a diplomatic tiff with the US, losing access to their fighters because of it, and then being unable to use them for standard training exercises or boarder enforcement against neighboring countries.
Having your fighter fleet grounded would be "disappointing" in far more situations than "is in a hot war with the US".
Aha, and then what other country would they use that ability in support of? Cuba? Venezuela? Bolivia? Also they would probably take a near-total hit on their weapons export bussiness...
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There's also a related issue of the F-35, where the US isn't sharing the source code with partner countries. There's always the delightful possibility that your country and the US get into a tiff, or a competitor country is smart enough to reverse-engineer it, and suddenly your very expensive air force stops working. Makes it very difficult to justify pouring money into an increasingly expensive program.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/11/25/us-lockheed-fighte...
If you get into a "tiff" with the US where you need F-35 fighters, you have more urgent troubles than these Fighters being unreliable...
That's not the point. You are assuming the fighters are only for use against the US.
There is the possibility of Brazil (or any other country that has bought F-35s) getting into a diplomatic tiff with the US, losing access to their fighters because of it, and then being unable to use them for standard training exercises or boarder enforcement against neighboring countries.
Having your fighter fleet grounded would be "disappointing" in far more situations than "is in a hot war with the US".
Aha, and then what other country would they use that ability in support of? Cuba? Venezuela? Bolivia? Also they would probably take a near-total hit on their weapons export bussiness...
You don't need to be fighting with the US. Say you're Greece, and you're fighting with Turkey. Or Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia.
The US picks the winners.
Don't they always?
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Somewhat interesting read for people unaware of the reference: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/11/nearly-two-d...
Or bribes to get the command
This is what happened in the new Battlestar Galactica.