Middle East states have lined up to buy the French warplane over rival US-made F-35s.

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    1 year ago

    Many countries aren’t trusted enough by the US in particular to be allowed F-35 purchasing. Turkey, wayward NATO ally that it is, got booted from the F-35 program because they were also buying Russian air defense systems (S-400 IIRC), and the US didn’t want to hand over a Gen 5 stealth jet to an S-400 operator which would give Russia precise data on its radar signature.