Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
So not providing its own aircraft to the international QRA effort then? That's some contribution. And cooperation with its immediate neighbours is about national security, not "defending the continent".
Not concerned with ground cooperation, that's not the issue being discussed.
NATO KFOR and other such missions are not "defending the continent", and they do not include an air component as is bring discussed.
As I stated before, if the threat the Swiss have to defend against is a Flanker then things have gone very wrong for them and everyone else, and no fighter type is going to be of much realistic use to them.
Dumb indeed.
Isn’t nice for the Swiss and other freeloaders that very generous nations developed and deploy technologies like F-22, JSF, AMRAAM, and the like. No need to worry about Flankers, Bears, or other threats while others do your bidding.
Switzerland is a wealthy country and can afford to contribute. They should. Tell me... what happens when the US finally hits that debt level at which creditors decide it’s no longer worth buying? Maybe then those countries will take a bit more interest in guaranteeing their own security. In the meantime, they can laugh at the angry, orange president for complaining about it.