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It's only getting started. Do you think Europe is going to use American networking equipment when America has shown that it will use its military against Europe? American grid technology?

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And what about all those huge pending orders for F35 in ... Denmark and Canada? Etc.

Denmark ordered more in October. Canada talks a lot, but so far has done nothing concrete about reducing their order. You would think they would urgently cancel and get Gripens and/or Rafales.

Wonder what's going on behind the scenes.

Having a pending order that can be cancelled is negotiation leverage?

There are no other options. The F35 is the only gen5 fighter you can buy (Russia has one, but they can't make it and in any case Russia is invading Europe now and so not an option) , and as such it is going to be better than anything else you can get. Plus the cost of the F35 is similar or less than your other options.

The real question is what do those countries do when they have other options.

everyone is expecting everyone to actually go Gripen with Rolls Royce or MECA engines?

Europe is stuck with American tech with no real alternatives in the horizon. Europe doing an independent stack is just wishful thinking.

The alternative is China.

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