Persian Gulf & Middle East Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

gpt said:

UAE is considering acquiring China's fifth-generation J-20 fighter aircraft as an alternative to the U.S. F-35 jets, which the U.S. has declined to sell to the Gulf nation

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I am convinced this story is like a Hydra. You cut off one head and two more pop-up.

Do you people even read the article before you post them?
Your "source"

Amidst the complexities of the F-35 acquisition deal, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly considering the Chinese J-20 stealth fighters as a potential alternative, as

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by the diary The National Interest.

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So not even a primary source. So let's go to the linked National Interest story then:

This week, a top Emirati military official visited a counterpart in China, Janes reported. Maj. Gen. Saleh Mohammed bin Majren Al Ameri, commander of Joint Operations for the UAE, met with Lt. Gen. Chang Dingqiu, commander of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, at the headquarters of the Chinese Ministry of Defense in Beijing.

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"During the meeting, a number of topics related to the fields of joint military cooperation and work between the two countries and ways to support and develop them were discussed. The meeting was attended by a number of senior officers and officials of the MoDs of the two countries," the UAE Ministry of Defense said.

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While we can only speculate on what was discussed, it might not be too early to suspect that Chinese aircraft such as the

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could be in the future air fleet of the UAE. With the F-35 off the table, the Gulf state might look to China – and perhaps even Russia – for alternatives.

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So, you post such garbage. Not only National Interest as a source is garbage by itself, the story is even more garbage than the usual sewer of an outlet that it is. So, taking all that into account, you smh still thought "cool, this seems like an article worth posting in SDF"

I rest my case

gpt said:

UAE is considering acquiring China's fifth-generation J-20 fighter aircraft as an alternative to the U.S. F-35 jets, which the U.S. has declined to sell to the Gulf nation

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can we finally stop posting nonsense??
Really? How many times do we need to read about selling J-20 to xyz?. This has been debunked multiple times, but still some people keep posting it.

Deino said:

can we finally stop posting nonsense??
Really? How many times do we need to read about selling J-20 to xyz?. This has been debunked multiple times, but still some people keep posting it.

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If you make it an instant ban offense, this problem will solve itself very quickly lol.