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[–] org2001@lemmy.radio 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

You do realize that the Gripen Fighter Jet uses General Electric Engines ... USA still has control over Sweden's Gripen Fighter Jets ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen

[–] similideano@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

U~~S~~K

I sure do hope British politics doesn't take a turn for the batshit insane over the next few years.

[–] decipher_jeanne@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well then they are fucked. Maybe France's Snecma is an option and the Japanese also have engines. Pretty much everything else is Licensed copy of American engine or Chinese/Russian which are obvious no.

I think turkey was looking into making their own jet engines. But Erdogan Turkey is about as good of an option as trump USA.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Chinese/Russian which are obvious no

Say what you will about the MiG, they're cheap.

[–] djsp@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe France's Snecma is an option

The company was called "Snecma" until 2016, when the board finally grew tired of repeating they do not manufacture smegma /s.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] djsp@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What is or are snecs? Neither an English nor a French language search would reveal anything besides some acronyms.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Like snakes but cuter and with a c instead of a k.

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