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UAE, Saudis and Qatar have put their silly little family war on pause. No worries on that matter. https://apnews.com/article/qatar-boycotts-saudi-arabia-doha-united-arab-emirates-c53ba7bcb93f7c32f0f3f5eb9e7820fe

Finally :-) we are getting close. Where is that bugger @Immanuel lol

You have no idea how geopolitics work. JCPOA matters more for the new administration than a couple of dozens F-35 for UAE. And the MIC as you call it is perfectly happy with hundreds of F-35 ordered by US alone. No big deal for Lockheed. Wait, Pompeo believes he can take decisions binding his...

Trump Admin has two days to live. Lol. Biden will start negotiations with Iran and freeze F-35 sale to UAE as a gesture of good will. And guess what ? UAE will buy Rafale instead.

Greeks do not have funds for both F-35 and Rafale ... that is a safe bet. There is a reason for why they only asked for 6 brand new Rafales.

It will happen if MBZ, Trump/Kushner, and Netanyahu stay in power for a couple of years. Probably another Israeli PM would bury that deal. Biden ? I don’t really know.

Jerusalem (AFP) Amidst all the diplomatic back-slapping, the Israel-UAE accord faces its first hiccup: the possible sale of American F-35s to Abu Dhabi that could challenge the Israeli technological edge in the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed "our wonderful friend (US...

No need to be so biased :wink: The actual first flight was in 1991, not 1986. Rafale was redesigned to be stealthier between 1986 and 1991. Also, what is the point of comparing numbers ? The F-35 is supposed to clear the 3,000 jets bar some day, that was always the plan. Rafale had only...

Israel won’t let UAE get F-35. No way. You never know what the next coup or dynasty change may bring.

It is just to give an idea of the real cost of the program. I am aware that the F-35 unit cost for potential buyers like India is less lower ... but for US tax payer, this unit cost makes sense.

New F-35 unit cost by GAO : $ 159 million https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/707359.pdf

Defense Ministry: F35A had 2 emergency landings Japan's Defense Ministry says an F35A fighter jet that crashed into the sea off northern Japan on Tuesday had made two emergency landings in the last two years. State Minister of Defense Kenji Harada was speaking at a Lower House committee meeting...

Meanwhile... “Sustainment costs on the F-35 are poised to become unaffordable, and that’s a big challenge for Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s newly christened undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. As a result, Lord is focused on testing new business and data processes on the...

Hint ... both Dassault and Saab knew that the competition was a joke ? Loking at this I think they were right.

That is really, really sad. Another European country subsidizing from its own will Lockeed with not even some real offsets when the least they could do would be to show some solidarity with their Swedish neighbours and buy Gripen. But no big surprise. This is Rasmussen ' s country .