"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
(robert arndt) wrote:

The strange thing is that our "friends" are
putting more money into anti-stealth than our "enemies"...

You might note that most of Europe still worries about Russia, which has
worked on stealth aircraft in the past.


LOL!

Sure....That must be it....

The [often duplicitous] Europeans are pouring significant amounts of money
into anti-stealth radar and weapon systems to counter a hopelessly bankrupt
Russia which cannot even afford fuel for it's current aircraft; and even at
the height of it's power didn't come close to fielding a stealth aircraft.
Not to mention the fact that Russia has sided with 'Old Europe' far more
often than not lately, and that these Europeans have taken seemingly every
step possible to attempt to thwart any American geopolitical and military
advancement in the last three years. But I'm sure these systems are to
counter all the imaginary Russian stealth aircraft that will never be built.

Think about it... what is the REAL market for anti-stealth systems? Third
world dictatorships and despots who would like to carry an ace in the hole
against the American forces, and are willing to pay highly to get it (but
cannot develop it on their own). Period.

Not that the Europeans will freely sell these systems on the open market
right away (well, maybe the French), but the mere existance of a proven,
effective anti-stealth system will be an extremely powerful political tool
for the European powers to carry when trying to 'reign in' the USA (and
believe me, that is their only, ultimate, objective). Simply the threat of
providing (or maybe 'leaking') this system to a foreign unfriendly power
may, theoretically, give the US military pause in considering an action, and
give the EU a bigger say in matters the USA chooses to take up (as their
current say is somewhere around zero right now).

Frankly, it has become obvious that while Europe may not (yet) be an all-out
enemy, they are certainly an often hostile adversary, and definiately not an
ally.