41 sats \ 9 replies \ @kristapsk OP 23 May \ parent \ on: Baltic countries to push for 2.5% of GDP defense spending minimum at NATO summit news
Baltic countries itself cannot afford to buy and maintain modern fighter jets even with 2.5% of GDP military spending.
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And what's the point?
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Harrier jets aren't American, they are British.
That's why we buy stuff we need, like air defense systems.
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Yes, but they are obsolete, aren't being produced anymore for some 20 years.
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Yes. Nowadays there is F-35B, which has replaced Harrier jets for UK.