Eh that's not the issue here. Old Harpoon missile was phased out last year. Before planned replacement from Sweden was available. The "scandal" is people not planning ahead to cover that gap.

New missiles built in Sweden are already on at least one of these particular boats. And another UK designed cruise missile is in the works. So in the meantime, the UK is running attack flights instead.

It's not really the L tankie boy was trying for with this post. I get for those people it's difficult to understand having overlapping layers of capability.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Europe can't even produce basic things like artillery shells it promised Ukraine, but yeah sure overlapping layers of capability.

You dronies are so utterly clueless it's equal parts sad and hilarious. Steel production is shutting down across Europe cause energy prices have shot up through the roof. And Anybody with even a couple of functioning brain cells left can understand that you can't have a functioning military without industry.

Europeans are entirely reliant on US militarily.