French President Emmanuel Macron asked European countries in a fun post to reduce dependence on American fighter jets and choose Rafale Jet of France. This will help strengthen Europe’s defense system.
Macron shared a post on X which had a picture of Rafael Jet and wrote on the mobile screen, ‘Secure our europe. The caption of the post was, ‘European Friends, You have a call’. Macron did not say much in the post but it is being considered a message for European countries, especially NATO allies. He wants Europe to buy European weapons for its defense and remain less dependent on American technology. This has come at a time when Donald Trump is uncertain about the US foreign policy after becoming US President again.
Rafael vs American f-35 jet
In the last few years, countries like Poland and Finland have selected America’s F-35 stealth fighter jets that make Lockheed Martin. In the year 2020, Poland signed a $ 4.6 billion deal for 32 f-35 jets. Finland ordered 64 F-35 in 2021.
At the same time, Rafael is a 4.5 generation fighter jet, which has been created by the French company Dassault Aviation. It is capable of attacking air to air and ground. India recently used Rafale to destroy terrorist bases against Pakistan.
Macron’s comment gives air to speculation on social media, which said that F-35 fighter aircraft can have a technology called ‘Kill Switch’, ie a system that can stop these jets with remote or limit their capacity, whether they were sold to a collaborative country. However, the Pentagon (US Department of Defense) has completely rejected these rumors.
Macron and trump tension
This post of Macron is gesture on another side. Significantly, recently the US has reduced military assistance to Ukraine fighting the war with Russia. Apart from this, there is an altercation on social media between Macron and Trump. After Trump left a day earlier from the G7 Summit, Macron said that he might have gone to talk for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Iran war.
Trump immediately responded and targeted the macraon. He wrote on Truth Social, ‘Macron wrongly said that I went to Washington for Israel-Iran ceasefire from G7 Summit, Canada. This is wrong! He does not know why I am going to Washington. Emmanuel always speaks wrongly or unknowingly.
Europe’s self -sufficiency advocates
Macron has long been talking about Europe’s strategic self -sufficiency. In March this year, he also said that we should give European options for those countries which depend on American weapons. Increasing the production of these weapons will reduce costs and will create a self -sufficient defense network in Europe.