@ptrckflmm Happy to discuss this with you soon!
Btw: Fits into the broader pattern of energy requirements for military technology. The United States will have to upgrade the engine for the F-35 because the current one does not provide sufficient energy (and cooling) for all the fancy technology upgrades.
In a landmark ruling in mid-February, the Hague Court of Appeal ordered the Dutch government to stop exporting parts for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II to Israel, citing the risk of serious violations of international humanitarian law if the F-35 were used for airstrikes in Gaza. Although it seems unlikely that the court order will have any significant impact on Israeli air operations, it raises a number of legal and political challenges to the global F-35 program, the U.S. Department of Defense’s most ambitious and most expensive weapons program to date.
Die Rüstungsindustrie boomt weltweit. Waffen lassen sich umso besser verkaufen, wenn sie sich im Krieg bewährt haben. Schlachtfelder sind auch Testfelder.
Die Bundeswehr bestellt 19 Flugabwehr-Panzer von Rheinmetall und Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, die in Kassel gefertigt werden. Damit schließt sie eine wichtige Ausstattungslücke. Grund zur Freude ist das in Kassel aber nur bedingt.
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