Newsweek: Europe Plans To Work On Developing Its Own Fighter Jet

To replace the U.S. F-35.

European countries want to reduce their military dependence on the United States, so they plan to work on the development of their own sixth-generation fighter, which could replace the American F-35. About it writes Newsweek (translation - "Unian".

The publication emphasized that the termination of American military aid to Ukraine by the administration of President Donald Trump has made European NATO countries worried.

There are also rumors that U.S. fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, which European countries have ordered to replace F-16s, have an "emergency kill switch" so the U.S. can control them.

Newsweek reminded us that the Lockheed Martin-made F-35 is the only fifth-generation fighter available to Western militaries, which is why many of the 20 countries that use or buy the planes are NATO members.

- If an F-35 user wants to use the fighters in a way that the United States is not comfortable with, it will be a limited capability because Lockheed Martin will very soon be able to shut off the tap of support for the particular country in question. "So, even if there is no actual 'off switch,' the United States certainly has the ability to make life very difficult for F-35 users," noted retired British Royal Air Force Commodore Andrew Curtis.

That's why Europe plans to build several different sixth-generation fighters that could gradually enter service starting in the mid-2030s.

According to a Central European official, European NATO members have more motivation to participate in the sixth-generation programs, which are led by the

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