Originally Posted by
etudiant
This project does not pass the laugh test.
Germany and France are struggling with aging populations and unintegrated minorities, not foreign military threats (unless the Brexit goes totally haywire).
If the F-35 costs a trillion plus, what price a much larger high performance stealth strike aircraft program?
It seems deeply implausible that the military leadership is so out of touch that it will sacrifice their slender resources on this cuckoo.
The European Air Forces have to replace hundreds of their Tornado's, Typhoon's, Rafales, Mirage2000, F16, F18s and other fleets over the next 20 years. Requirements have changed.
https://www.thenation.com/article/th...uropean-union/