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And to sum it all up

Alright, let's cut through the noise of this hours-long debate. Some die-hard French folks are at it again, acting like Dassault and France can just whip up a sixth-gen fighter and all its fancy systems solo. Come on, let’s be real - they need to team up with Germany and Spain to pool their cash, brains, and resources. Unlike the us, who are straight-up boss in military aviation (seriously, arguing otherwise is like saying the Earth’s flat), France and pals can’t go it alone. The US have the money, the tech, and the know-how to build their own sixth-gen programs from scratch. Their lead is so huge the U.S. has been running (probably long) test campaigns for Next Generation Air Dominance tech demonstrators. Plus, the U.S. is tinkering with variable cycle engines and pushing hard on the NGAD program.

Germany, France, and Spain figured out they’ve gotta join forces to even dream of building something that can hang with what the Amerimutts cooking up. We’re talking next-level stealth, cutting-edge avionics, variable cycle engines, drone team-ups, the whole nine yards. None of these countries could pull off a plane like that on their own - they just don’t have all the funds to match the big dog.
Pic related, what the Germans side can actually contribute, namely VCE engine, the spanish will be doing Thrust Vector nozzle, likely with some input from Airbus back from X31 program in its MBB days, so it's not like Safran can actually go all in on their own in 2 weeks even if France is to leave FCAS now, much to Dassault and the wishes of some frenchy here