Germany is accusing French manufacturer Dassault of blocking negotiations over the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Aircraft carriers are defensive weapons when you have a lot of overseas territories, like France, Denmark, UK.

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      3 months ago

      Not really, more like a deterrence. Unless you park a carrier next to the territory permanently it’s not defending it. And in that case you might just build and airbase instead.

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        Uh, Sir or Madam, deterrence is defense. Also, it is ridiculous to state that only permanently stationed forces are useful.

        If you are in any way affiliated with a military, I hope it is the enemy’s.