This is a wise step for Australia in terms of deterrence as much as I don’t trust Boeing or my government, it is has been pretty strange seeing some countries look at the Apache like it is outdated when it is probably one of the most successfully forward thinking weapon systems from the Cold War especially with the longbow radars.
Australia receives first two Boeing AH-64E Apaches as local industry prepares for 230 jobs
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whiwake@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
BOEING KILLED JOHN BARNETT
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
yeah Boeing sketches me out, they didn’t really make this entire system though, they bought it so I am not really sure how much they can enshittify it in the way Boeing has its other stuff.
whiwake@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
Anyone who knows its faults would be killed for leaking them