Hello journos covering the #OpenSkiesTreaty, I have a tip 4 you; remember Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)& #39;s incessant whining about how expensive buying 2 civ air-frames would be? Here& #39;s the (1) Airbus A319 the @bundeswehrInfo asked @LHTechnik to modify for the job https://youtu.be/VyyjNgZUwIk ">https://youtu.be/VyyjNgZUw...

That& #39;s a video from last year, and that plane is likely going to be certified for the 2021 season with a digital electro-optical sensor, the same family of digital sensorthe American public was misled to believe would be a Russian game-changer by a ~2016 disinformation campaign.

But that& #39;s not the scoop; the scoop is the very expensive upgrade to the German plane is quite a feat, and that same extensive work has been done and paid for on the American OC-135B. Yes, the #USAF already converted their sensor to digital, and blew Millions on R&D and install.

I shouldn& #39;t need to tell you, Sen Tom Cotton& #39;s full of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💩" title="Dreckshaufen" aria-label="Emoji: Dreckshaufen">.
It& #39;s never been about the money, they fleeced the taxpayer for a new digital electro-optical sensor, the same type of sensor they alleged gave the Russians an unfair advantage in 2016; now just in time to kill the treaty.

It would have taken the #USAF 7 years longer than the #RuAF to field an Open Skies Treaty-certified digital sensor configuration. That& #39;s pretty damning and embarrassing detail, no? That& #39;s a more likely reason to try and kill the treaty, before they admit they misled the public.

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Interestingly, they& #39;re still going; I thought they were done-done. $31.6m spent of $43.9m allocated; I think they& #39;re pretty close to done. I wonder what& #39;s left?
OSCC certification and acceptance? IDK. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann">

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