Comments by "LRRPFco52" (@LRRPFco52) on "Weapons of Victory" channel.

@guywithdacap4713 Uh, Canada is one of the most underfunded nations in NATO. They can’t even keep 47% of the RCAF CF-18 pilot billets filled because the planes are broken, clapped-out, and old. They were literally bought in the early 1980s. I wouldn’t model anything off of Canada.
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@5000Helme Germany and France haven't invested in advanced military aerospace developmental programs in the last 40 years, so they and the rest of Europe are way behind in this space. The UK is in a better space by being tied at the hip with the US, but still hasn't been deep in some of the core pace-setting technology sectors. They are still stuck in 1970s-1980s designs, which haven't been funded or supported that well. Look at Tornado and Typhoon as examples. Look at fighter jet propulsion, Radars, lack of VLO airframes, sensors, FLCS, etc. There has been some window dressing, but the house is old.
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@Sycokay Yup. Because the general populace is largely ignorant of military aerospace technology, they don't see how systemic the neglect has been from European parliaments. The US started aggressive funded development of ATF in 1981, built on the backs of F-117A, B-2, SR-71, A-12, the F-111, and teen fighters. 4 demonstrator Prototype Air Vehicles with 4 different types of engines were ready by 1990. 1 airframe team and engine manufacturer were selected, resulting in the Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics F-22. All of that technology flowed into the JSF/F-35 program as well in the 1990s-2000s. Europe had no equivalent programs, and barely stuck with Typhoon & Rafale development throughout all this time, on a very weak and unserious schedule. Both EFA & Rafale demonstrators flew in 1986. Production didn't start until much later. Neither are 5th Gen, so propulsion, airframes, sensors, FLCS, MMI, E&E, EW, etc. are all dated.
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@5000Helme US Defense contractor stocks are where you should have invested in decades ago. Start-ups have to weasel into the market somehow, where larger firms with decades of experience and armies of the best engineers and technicians already are employed. Very hard to break into.
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@5000Helme I'm familiar with Rheinmetall and have been for decades, but never looked at their stock value. Wow. They really jumped in the last few months. They stole our battle simulation center technology and Land Warrior tech and sold it to the Russians up through 2014. German government had to tell them to stop after Putin invaded Donbas in 2014. They were literally helping the Russian army build its battle simulation centers using stolen US technology under Putin's Ratnik program.
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@ianworley8169 France is now #2 arms exporter due to Russia's fall from the distant #2 slot, and France has only been making 1-2 Rafales per month. US cranks out fighters, missiles, drones, satellites, and munitions like nobody else. Europe can't work together collectively because of protectionism between the different nations & cultures. We saw it firsthand on Typhoon, which is now being repeated with FCAS. They're 30-40yrs behind in the RDT&E cycle talking about skipping technologies they never mastered.
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