Belgium’s F-35 Decision Ruffles European Defense Industry

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
Belgium’s decision to choose the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter seemed to be more of an inevitability than a surprise when ministers announced it Oct. 25. The country’s defense minister, Steven Vandeput, said the U.S. fighter had won “financially, operationally and industrially” and would...

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