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[โ€“] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

They absolutely should, we would be much better off buying European made jets for a whole range of reasons.

Since weโ€™re not part of the nuclear arms sharing arrangement with the US (as opposed to Germany for example) there is no reason to buy US tech and surrender part of our defense to US interests.

[โ€“] SorryImLate@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

Agreed.

Also, I'd love it if we would track how much the loss in income from US tarifffs is and reduce Swiss spending on US technology by at least that amount. Let's spend that money at home, in Europe, and in other markets that partner with us instead.

The Eurofighter Typhoon or Dassault Rafale would be the obvous alternatives, both are proven platforms with good track records and the supply chains would be closer to switserland's borders.

[โ€“] Anonymaus@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

I hope switzerland goes after their digital services

[โ€“] kokesh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No one should buy anything from the us, or israel.

[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

One is the other at this point. Spineless yanks

[โ€“] promitheas@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can someone please link the non paywalled article?

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I have updated the post with one.