Germany plans to buy up to 35 US-made F-35 fighter jets and 15 Eurofighter jets, a parliamentary source said Monday, as part of a major push to modernise the armed forces in response to Russia’s inva…
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- Germany plans to buy up to 35 F-35 fighter jets and 15 Eurofighter jets, a parliamentary source said Monday.
- The jets made by Lockheed Martin would replace Germany’s decades-old Tornado fleet, the source said.
- The move is part of a major push to modernise the armed forces in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to invest an extra 100 billion euros ($112 billion) in the nation’s chronically underfunded armed forces.
- A draft budget for 2022 unveiled on Monday confirmed Germany’s spending ambitions, a government source said, calling it a “record high” There was no immediate indication of the price tag on Germany’s new combat jet plans.