Uh, no? SPIRALE was innovative but it didnt really… work and was largely abandoned as a result (it’s still kinda going on life support but iirc the small sattelites being used just didn’t have the fidelity at the time to be useful). However both TWISTER and ERNST are very actively in development. TWISTER is an ongoing umbrella project and the early warning system (called ODINS EYE II) is on schedule, having its demonstrators launched in 2024 and with more currently planned + active funding into both sides of the project. ERNST is a continuation of the ideas in SPIRALE and shows a lot of promise.
None of these projects were abandoned because of US pressure, and only one of them was even vaguely abandoned. Underfunded for what they are yes, but that’s because these kinds of systems are unbelievably expensive to develop and maintain and the EU hasn’t had a need for US level defense spending until Trump showed why that maybe it wasn’t a great idea to rely on someone else for your defense.
Jfc you just said it yourself it was underfunded and why is that? because the US already has working technology and the US needed to sell it to someone, it’s almost like a racket and it worked till now because the predecessors weren’t demented pedo fascists, at least not so openly.
The US doesn’t sell SBIRS, and stop shifting the goalposts. The fundemental premise is wrong- these projects weren’t even abandoned, and the EU underfunding a project can’t credibly be blamed singly on the US, that’s just… dumb.
Uh, no? SPIRALE was innovative but it didnt really… work and was largely abandoned as a result (it’s still kinda going on life support but iirc the small sattelites being used just didn’t have the fidelity at the time to be useful). However both TWISTER and ERNST are very actively in development. TWISTER is an ongoing umbrella project and the early warning system (called ODINS EYE II) is on schedule, having its demonstrators launched in 2024 and with more currently planned + active funding into both sides of the project. ERNST is a continuation of the ideas in SPIRALE and shows a lot of promise.
None of these projects were abandoned because of US pressure, and only one of them was even vaguely abandoned. Underfunded for what they are yes, but that’s because these kinds of systems are unbelievably expensive to develop and maintain and the EU hasn’t had a need for US level defense spending until Trump showed why that maybe it wasn’t a great idea to rely on someone else for your defense.
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Jfc you just said it yourself it was underfunded and why is that? because the US already has working technology and the US needed to sell it to someone, it’s almost like a racket and it worked till now because the predecessors weren’t demented pedo fascists, at least not so openly.
The US doesn’t sell SBIRS, and stop shifting the goalposts. The fundemental premise is wrong- these projects weren’t even abandoned, and the EU underfunding a project can’t credibly be blamed singly on the US, that’s just… dumb.