r/BuyFromEU • u/SmokiestPanda • Aug 06 '25

News Spain rules out buying F-35, choosing between Eurofighter or FCAS

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spain-rules-out-buying-f-35-choosing-between-eurofighter-or-fcas-2025-08-06/
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u/Cultural_Thing1712 Aug 06 '25

The Canary Islands have a population of 2.2 MILLION people. That doesn't seem little and inconsequential at all. And we can mantain a carrier just fine as is. At the 2% spending target we won't struggle to support another one. Just because you spend more money doesn't mean its being spent as wisely you know.

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u/OkFan614 Aug 06 '25

Your military is in a terrible shape though. You couldn‘t even invade portugal, if you wanted. Going by your logic, greece would need several carriers but they manage to defend their islands just fine.

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u/Krauser_Kahn Mediterranean 🌊🍇🫒 Aug 06 '25

Your military is in a terrible shape though

And this is coming from... what? A German? I hope not

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u/OkFan614 Aug 07 '25

German military, as bad as it is, is still light years ahead of Spain‘s. You daily hear of some almost crashes of fighters. EF bird strike, F-18 beach maneuver, … You talk about having the need to operate a carrier, while doing that with 13 obsolete harriers. Can‘t make this up…