@NikkeiAsia The regional US officials unofficially told them to do it this; to strengthen regional alliances. The US was always in the background assisting and facilitating, especially with allies who had long been enemies. But because it was unofficial, international media get the
@NikkeiAsia Remember, in those exercises where they F-22 and F-35 were “defeated “, the stealth features of the f-22 and 35 were disabled for those specific exercises
@NikkeiAsia Maybe just speaks of how poorly the Eurofighter performs and the differences in strategies. The European jets are designed for dogfighting (what US and soviet fighters were designed to do on the cold war)
@curiosityonx Joke, but why didn’t virologists at the Wuhan institute of Virology get the prize because they changed the course of world history with there lax bio safety standards at the Wuhan’s institute of virology
@TheEconomist I know in US military, sometimes a source or weapon/equipment is classified, making the entire mission classified and won’t be declassified like normal missions that are classified . Some of our missions In Iraq were like that (they’re likely still classified)
@business@HalBrands@opinion That’s why political analysts don’t understand the military or defence or military strategy. It’s not their fault, just aren’t versed with the implicit details