SapphireSphinx@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agoEurope must unite or it’s ‘finished,’ Poland’s Tusk warns as Trump salivates over Greenlandwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down14
arrow-up1434arrow-down1external-linkEurope must unite or it’s ‘finished,’ Poland’s Tusk warns as Trump salivates over Greenlandwww.politico.euSapphireSphinx@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareLysergid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoAFAIK most US military equipment is either having kill switch or vendor locked to US intelligence
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoThe thing is though, US vendor locking is the same as Europe’s, it’s the Western common NATO standard. The US is using German rifles, the F-35 is made with European parts. I don’t think the US is economically able to directly antagonize the EU. It doesn’t rule out shenanigans with soft power, but Trump is actively shedding that.
AFAIK most US military equipment is either having kill switch or vendor locked to US intelligence
The thing is though, US vendor locking is the same as Europe’s, it’s the Western common NATO standard.
The US is using German rifles, the F-35 is made with European parts. I don’t think the US is economically able to directly antagonize the EU.
It doesn’t rule out shenanigans with soft power, but Trump is actively shedding that.
Great.