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That is not much of a news item really. The F-35 is the next NATO fighter, and Greece will certainly procure it sometime in the future. Stating this intention officially is more of a "gimme" for the Trump administration, PR wise. Greece is definitely NOT procuring the F-35 now.

That is not really how this works though. Iranian authorities have both the two black boxes and all communication threads between the plane and the tower. It would be trivially easy to determine and prove that the airplane was not shot but came down due to a malfunction. And also, Iran would be...

That was after Desert Storm started, and a state of war (expiration of resolution 678) existed between Iraq and the coalition. Generally speaking, I don't remember anyone using UN Charter Article 51 to attack US military assets in peacetime. Could be wrong here.

Yeah, I think that you hyped yourself though on that. Iran never said that. In broad strokes one could say that the Iranians reacted somewhat competently to the assassination of Suleimani. 1. They accurately targeted and attacked military assets in accordance with Article 51 of the UN charter...

You do understand that if Iran actually chose to escalate it would have been a very bad thing for the region, right? Including Pakistan.

That is a pretty slick way of changing your tune for propaganda purposes in the space of three hours or so. It seems to me that in this debacle every actor is literally wearing clown shoes.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1214031169173348352.html THREAD: Over the past few days, I've spoken extensively with career U.S. government officials as they've worked around the clock to try and mitigate the damage from Trump's ineptitude on Iran. With their permission, I'm sharing a small...

Libyan commander Haftar's forces say they have taken Sirte Ayman al-Warfalli - Reuters - 6.1.2020 BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they had taken control of the strategic coastal city of Sirte in a rapid advance preceded by...

Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’ By Max Blumenthal - The GrayZone - January 6, 2020 The Trump administration claimed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US interests when it...

In hindsight, you could view this as a perfect storm. When A320neo came out, it became imperative for Boeing to provide a close to 15% fuel efficiency upgrade to the 737. The original plan before that was to go for a new design, applying the lessons learned from the Dreamliner. Sadly, the...

Boeing has uncovered another potential design flaw with the 737 Max By Clare Duffy, CNN Business, January 6, 2020 New York (CNN Business)Hundreds of 737 Max jets are sitting, grounded, as Boeing awaits approval from aviation regulators for the troubled plane to return to flight. But now, the...

The problem here is that - for some years now - the US has somewhat diverged from acting like a completely rational geopolitical player. Presidents come and go, rhetoric changes and external factors vary. But low or high tide, US strategy and foreign presence had been extremely consistent. Not...

That would make sense. Isn't the parliament still in Tripoli though?

Probably ITAR.

Libyan parliament votes unanimously to cut ties with Turkey, close embassies Al Arabiya English Saturday, 4 January 2020 The Libyan parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to cut ties with Turkey and close embassies in the two countries. The parliament referred the Government of National...

I think that in all probability the station support structure and budget will be extended to 2028. It is not the first time that this would happen of course.

I mean, can you really argue against shiny pictures and unclassified stats of weapon projects?

No more threats he said after threatening.