Too bad we can’t compete.
Did Obummer sink any prospective deal, whereas Germany was helpful in securing a deal?
Germany makes a lot of things “we” (ie. Subsidized Everyone) don’t, ie. Diesel-Electric submarines.
The Mystere was a perfect plane for what it did... We didn’t build anything like it at the time.
But there are still plenty of folks who believe that because we give Israel money and sell them down the river to our our Saudi masters and elect presidents who advocate their destruction and - oh no! - have some Jews in Hollywood and at the Dr.s office they should do whatever we say, and not do anything we say, and be our bitches, and be destroyed... Because hey, “Jews.”
And boy aren’t THEY a threat to world peace?
Allahu Akhbar Salaam Aleikum and Happy Kwanzaa from your REAL masters (ask any immigration official.)
We can’t.
American ships require larger crew numbers then most navies can afford. For the capability their looking for, the closest equivalent we have are the LCS ships and are expensive as hell and require a crew of at least 150.
Germany pays for most of the cost of what they sell to Israel, because of the Holocaust and all.