Switzerland looks to the U.S. to meet future air defense needs with F-35 and Patriot selections.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
But protest is already brewing over the decision. Opposition parties who were against a fighter procurement have called the choice of the F-35 “incomprehensible,” and campaigners have begun securing signatures for a referendum through the country’s voting system that could yet ditch an F-35 buy altogether. 

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