• theolodis@feddit.org
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    18 days ago

    Well, Airbus could also build it alone, I think the idea was to have multiple companies involved for having the profits distributed.

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        18 days ago

        Exactly. There never was a doubt that a company like Dassault could build such a plane alone, but that, given the Rafale experience, it is financially unviable to do so.

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    18 days ago

    They may be able to, but they shouldn’t. We need a European army and that requires a military industry that stops thinking about old borders.

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    18 days ago

    Of course they can. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should. They are already in a public debt crisis, why add hundreds of billions more to that.

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    18 days ago

    Just merge with some German firms and then Dassault can built it in Germany. Something like Hensoldt would be a good target.