Escalating tensions between Colombia and Israel over the Gaza war could undo decades of close military ties between them and hamper Colombia’s ability to fight drug traffickers and rebels, security analysts say.
Escalating tensions between Colombia and Israel over the Gaza war could undo decades of close military ties between them and hamper Colombia’s ability to fight drug traffickers and rebels, security analysts say.
Yeah because Israel is the only arms dealer in the world. The South Koreans are eager to sell their Samsung war machines to foreign regimes.
From the article:
So while Columbia could potentially buy new armaments from other places it might be difficult buying replacement parts for these planes. Also since Columbia’s air force is dependent on these fighters buying new fighters means retraining everyone from pilots to maintenance crews. That’s a serious undertaking. If you’ve ever switched phones from iPhone to Android you know the difficulty in muscle memory vs a new GUI layout. Imagine having that difficulty at 30,000 ft going mach 1 (I made those numbers up as just an illustration).