Originally Posted by
George K Lee
Airbus defense chief Dirk Hoke told German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag this weekend that a decision to buy the F-35 would kill off plans by France and Germany to develop a new European fighter. “As soon as Germany becomes an F-35 nation, all cooperation with France on combat jet issues will die,” Hoke told the paper.
A "cooperation" that is much more imaginary than real. If such cooperation actually existed, Rafale would not exist and Typhoon would look quite different than it now is.