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Originally Posted by schteve_d
Real question, not being sarcastic.
The two fleet sounds like a terrible idea.
Also, I don't think we want to just eat the six billion or so that we already paid. Is it at all realistic to "sublet" our purchase to another country, take a much smaller loss, and move on? Mitigate our losses and sell our current investment to another country that is interested. Not sure who.
Would the US allow that to happen? I guess that depends on who is standing at the front of the line.
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I think part of the issue here is if the US decides to be petty (and under current leadership that seems likely) is that all the other options have US content. Eg, the Gripen has a GE engine, so the US has a veto on who can buy it. So if they are butt-hurt about the F35s they coulr block the other options.