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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 08:01:10 JST Mastodon Migration

   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."

   https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/03/07/france-to-the-rescue-french-made-mirage-2000-jets-could-become-ukraines-most-important-aerial-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?

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     mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 08:38:42 JST mark

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     @mastodonmigration why would anyone e buy radar jamming as a service? That is definitely a service that needs to be self contained

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 08:38:46 JST Mastodon Migration

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     And right on cue, an article in The Telegraph says Germany is questioning the wisdom of the multi multi billion dollar F-35 program.

     https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/09/f-35-kill-switch-allow-trump-to-disable-european-air-force/

     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.