Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sat Mar 22 2025 11:06:48

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

 RM> dozens of other countries. He said on a speech yesterday that the
 RM> USA doesn't need any other countries in the world. It might be an
 RM> interesting experiment to seal your borders for a few months and
 RM> see how well that works out..

His speech about the F-47 being built by Boeing hit a little off-target.
Normally, there's a competition between manufacturers and prototypes
compared - think of the YF-16 and YF-17 - which were in competition,
although the Navy took the YF-18 and turned it into the F/A-18, where as
the Air Force took the F-16. YF-22 and YF-23. X-32 and X-35 competed.

Sounds like someone greased the skids.

And, his comment that "We're maybe going to tone it down for our allies,
we like to tone it done by about 10%, as one day they might not be our
allies any more" - WTF?

Countries have always created export fighters - the F-5/F-20 come to
mind - as well as countless MiG models during the cold war sold to
Warsaw Pact countries and others.

But, saying that when countries are already concerned about the US
"turning off" fighters, Musk turning off Starlink in Ukraine, and
Trump's history of wanting countries to "kiss the ring", he just spelled
the death-knell for the US defense industry exports.



 
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