A widespread concern is what would happen to Dutch weapon systems if the Americans were to withdraw completely as an ally. For example, Dutch F-35 aircraft are dependent on American software updates. Yet, Tuinman isn’t particularly worried about this.
“The F-35 is truly a shared product. The British make the Rolls-Royce engines, and the Americans simply need them too.” And even if this mutual dependency doesn’t result in software updates, the F-35, in its current state, is still a better aircraft than other types of fighters.
If you still want to upgrade despite everything, I’m going to say something I should never say, but I will anyway: you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone. (Crack it with your own software, ed.)
I don’t think a US Army/Air Force vet is going to have any less biased of a take than the a Dutch government official lmao
Besides the critique towards the person have you any insights as to which of his statements could be biased?
I’m just going to leave this here for reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
Apply that astute logical assessment to your own arguments and claims first 😚