Washington Told Europe To Buy American So NATO Hired Sweden For Its Most Important Contract Arch Manning [ggEko2hPFbY]

NATO just selected the Saab GlobalEye, a Swedish radar suite on a Canadian Bombardier airframe, to replace the aging American E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet, the aircraft I spent years working on as an Air Force radar tech, in the alliance's most consequential airborne surveillance decision since the Cold War.

Eleven nations signed on at the Ankara summit, on the same week black rod Washington was publicly demanding Europe buy American, after the US cancelled its own E-7A Wedgetail replacement and walked away from manchester united f.c. the NATO version.

The radar NATO just bought has already helped down a Russian Su-35 over Ukraine. Russia should find that combination deeply unfunny.

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Video Sources: Saab and DoD

Chapters!

00:00 - NATO Announces Swedish GlobalEye Replacement

01:17 - Ukraines Saab Radar Deployment Highlights

01:45 - Host Introduces Topic and Sets Contrast

02:37 - US Withdrawal Ends DecadesLong Air Surveillance Dominance

03:29 - Europe Chooses Swedish Solution to Fill Capability Gap

03:49 - GlobalEye Capabilities, Cost Advantages, and Unfinalized Contract

05:39 - Negotiations Begin After Surprising US Withdrawal

06:00 - E7 Cancellation Leads to GlobalEye as Default

06:55 - GlobalEye Operators and German Budget Justifying European Autonomy

07:45 - Saabs Redemption: GlobalEye Replaces AWACS for Mission Picture

08:22 - HighVolume Tracking and MultiDomain Radar Benefits

09:41 - Ukraine Demonstrates Combat Effectiveness of Saab Radar

11:13 - Negotiations Progress and 2031 Service Target

11:55 - AWACS Retirement by 2035 and Hosts Personal Reflections

12:58 - Farewell to AWACS and Highlighted Irony

13:35 - US ReEvaluates E7 as Europe Cites US Unreliability

14:06 - Transition from US AWACS Gift to SwedishLed GlobalEye

14:33 - Host Reflects on Replacement and Concludes

14:49 - Final CalltoAction and Ukraine Support

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