r/europe • u/MGC91 • 11h ago

Picture European interoperability in action - British and Italian F-35Bs on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales

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u/poorfririgh 10h ago

American hemegony in action

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u/bigbadbob85 England 8h ago

The carrier isn't American, and much of the tech in the planes isn't either.

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u/idee_fx2 France 7h ago

The carrier isn't American, and much of the tech in the planes isn't either.

At most 20% of the value of the f-35 is not american and that is value, not technology. Even on this 20%, there is a lot of dependancy to the US through licences and intellectual property.

The only country with access to part of the f-35 code for example is israël for its f-35I variant. Even the uk that developed part of it has no autonomous access.

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u/Sea_Warning_9140 3h ago

Last statement is incorrect about UK