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[–] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Even FCAS is at its breaking point because France and Germany cannot agree. Merging the two would ensure that nothing is build in the end.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It's because France wants a carrier plane and Germany have no use for it. If UK (carrier) Italy (small carrier) Japan (small carrier) join, the extra money for development could allow for 2-3 variants like the f-35, that would make everyone happy

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd just pull Germany and Spain over to GCAP and let France do a Rafale with FCAS tbh. The French have always been a PITA to work with on military aircraft.

[–] collectif_imaginaire@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Never saw PITA in the wild before though I have often thought about using it but found it'd be too cryptic but, hey, you proved me wrong. French always are a PITA whatever subject they address

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except they are right an annoying amount of the time. Nato skepticism, nuclear power, etc.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being correct and PITA are not mutually exclusive.

And this, Sir, is proverbial.