The Times: US Urges UK To Reduce Its Dependence On American Weapons

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/the-times-us-urges-uk-to-reduce-its-dependence-on-american-weapons/

by UpgradedSiera6666

23 comments

  1. “The British government plans to allocate funds for the development of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and space technologies.”

    Welcome to the new millennium! Glad you made it!

  2. We’ve already started looking at working closer with Europe and removing American technology from our systems, it started with storm shadow where we couldn’t use European designed and built missiles because it had American microchips in and it’s only going to escalate from there, it’s going to take a long time to remove America from the military but we’ll get there

  3. I think that’s a given isn’t it.

    There must be a security risk if the UK was going to use American equipment in military action against a Putin ally. Trump might accidentally send blueprints or flick a kill-switch.

    The UK has a strong Arms industry and, whilst it’s the last thing I would wish for, perhaps it’s time for the UK to develop it?

    The rest of Europe must be wanting to free themselves of dependence on US technology at a time when America is openly supporting Putin, a man who has, quite literally launched chemical weapons attacks on the UK.

  4. We should stop buying the f35s for a start, they have to communicate every 2 weeks with a hub in America, if they don’t they won’t work, basically a kill switch, america is not to be trusted anymore

    Happy to admit I’m wrong here, so apparently we can generate start up codes ourselfs

  5. A made-up comment by some incompetent old fool. America wants to sell more of its defence equipment to us, not less.
    It is definitely not “cheap”. The DoD see to that.

  6. Just wait – “US signs huge weapons export deal with Russia”

  7. Isn’t this like a drug dealer telling you to grow your own weed?

  8. Good. We need to wean ourselves off everything American and rely on more dependable relationships

    Hopefully in 5-10 years we will have solid, European alternatives to everything ranging from military equipment, to computer software, food, clothing, and more

  9. Good news. The EU can save itself from expensive American toys. Population is good and collaboration is possible. Also the EU can work with Turkey too.

  10. I mean we’d already reached that conclusion but thanks 

  11. The link doesn’t take me to the original Times report but Do you know what, Trump is the wake up call Europe needed. Gone are the West versus East camps and allegiances. It’s all about local regional spheres of influence and transactional relationships with the big powers on specific topics only

  12. I’m Iraqi and I have no idea why Britain didn’t give the boot to the yanks after the debacle of 2003… over 20 yrs later and Britain has to learn the hard way…. America was never ever to be trusted… ever!!!!!!!

  13. That’s quite hard to do given how we sold most of the defence industry to the usa.

  14. Bizarre: stop spending money with our defence contractors! It’s not like those people actually want jobs or their investors want a return.

  15. Surely some MOD boffins have raised this already and started to think of plan B.. Could always start Harrier production again.

  16. I second this. At this rate we are more likely to be fighting them than fighting with them. Putin got his way.

  17. I mean we literally build a lot of Americas weapons for them.

  18. Reduce dependence should happen as America retreats from Europe. But let’s be blunt, it would take everything we have and a timescale of a decade at minimal.

    UK is currently ineffective and slow so likely 3 decades at current rates. We would need a massive start up like mindset which is challenging due to mindsets and cultural attitudes. And then there’s the money where its a country is decline going bankrupt.

  19. I don’t want to doubt the sources of the Times.

    But I seriously doubt the claims that the US government wants the UK to buy fewer US military equipment.

  20. They are so compromised.

    I agree with the premise, but it’s so un-American to decline/put-off a sale.

  21. We need to invest WITHIN EUROPE! Increase trade in Europe, increase investments in EU defence, cyber security and tech.

  22. Just getting out the popcorn for all the comments from the Reddit military defense experts…

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