u.s company lockheed martin is on an expedited timeline to quickly sign a deal with germany
to acquire the f-35 lightning ii wrote gareth jennings an aviation journalist who
reports on all aspects of international military aerospace and broader defense issues on account
his twitter according to jennings 128 f-35 lightning two fighters are currently
flying in europe under yukum command and are expected to reach 550 by the end of the decade
ram partners had made significant progress in positioning the aircraft where it is now
in germany would get a very good deal with its acquisition jennings said berlin needed to think
about its defense and invest not only in the f-35 but also in artillery such as tanks and artillery
learn a lesson from the tornado jennings wrote appealing to the german public
bulgarianmilitary.com recalled that the german government had made sharp changes in the f-35 and
instead of buying the f-18 decided to focus on the acquisition of a fifth generation stealth fighter
sources say that 35 f-35s should replace obsolete tornado aircraft as nuclear weapons carriers
most likely future german air force luftwaffe
f-35s will be located at the air base in buchel germany and after signing the
deal berlin is expected to receive the full number of orders by the end of 2030
anagrid krem karenbauer cdu predecessor of the german minister of defense lambrecht
has decided to replace the tornado which was listed in the inventory
of the german air force luftwaffe forty years ago
anigra kremp karenbauer cdu predecessor of the german minister of defense lambrecht
has decided to replace the tornado which was listed in the inventory of the german air force
luftwaffe 40 years ago this aircraft is used for electronic warfare missions and
the destruction of enemy air defenses fifteen of these f-18s are expected in the crawler version
this aircraft is used for electronic warfare missions and the destruction of enemy air defenses
fifteen of these f-18s are expected in the growler version
germany's goal is to replace the tornado with the eurofighter f-35 lightning two duo germany
is hosting the united states nuclear weapons as part of nato's nuclear weapons sharing program
the tornado is currently the only fighter aircraft capable of carrying u.s nuclear weapons
based in germany germany is expected to buy up to 35 f-35s in total according to german sources
a budget of 15 billion euros will be allocated for the fighter program
which will be selected as the successor to the tornado
france on the other hand is wary of buying the f-35 from germany
france is very worried that germany will abandon the future combat air system fcas program germany
has nuclear weapons and these would be 61 nuclear bombs carried by bombers or aircraft capable
of carrying nuclear bombs such as the f-35 the b-61-12 thermonuclear bomb belongs to the b-61
family the b-61 was the united states premier thermonuclear gravity bomb which was actively
developed in the middle of the cold war with tamora's blog close to the soviet union
according to the characteristics known to the general public b61 has a complete
explosion probability i.e various ignition and delivery options either by air or by ground
the b61 is capable of reaching supersonic flight speeds the dimensions of the thermonuclear bomb
are 3.56 m long 33 centimeters in diameter and a total weight of about 320 kilograms
military experts say that depending on the version of the b61 the weight may vary
the latest modification of b61 is the 61 mod 12 or be 61-12 one of the b61 mod 12 tests early in
its development showed that this thermonuclear bomb could penetrate underground and achieve an
equivalent capability to explode on the surface of a weapon from kilotons to 1.25 megatons
experts say that underground penetration was not planned but this is good news because the
v61 mod 12 could be a successful replacement for the b61 mod 11 whose main function is underground
penetration the b61 mod 11 is expected to be decommissioned by the end of 2030