Germany on Wednesday signed a contract with the US to purchase dozens of Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads that the US keeps in Germany.
There are about 20 US B-61 nuclear gravity bombs stored in Germany under NATO’s nuclear sharing program. While Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own, it maintains a fleet of aging Tornado bombers capable of dropping them, which the F-35s will replace.
“The German F-35 program will ensure the continuation of Germany’s alliance commitments and guarantee NATO’s credible deterrence in the future,” the US Embassy in Berlin said in a statement.
Germany announced its intention to purchase the F-35s back in March as part of a plan to boost military spending. Germany will acquire 35 of the fighter jets in a deal worth about $10.5 billion, and they are expected to be delivered between 2026 and 2029. The F-35s are be scheduled to replace the Tornados in the nuclear-sharing mission in 2030.
Under NATO’s nuclear sharing program, the US keeps nuclear warheads in Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey. There are currently no known nuclear weapons in countries that joined NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Poland is open to hosting them and has held discussions with the US about the issue.
Finnish leaders have said they wouldn’t rule out hosting NATO nuclear weapons if they join the alliance, which would be a major provocation as Finland shares an over 800-mile border with Russia. But Finland’s president has since assured that the country has no plans to host nukes and that there are “no signs” NATO would look to deploy them there.
Too bad they can’t fly more than 50% of the time.
They can fly and fly real fast but they cannot maneuver a tight turn.
Not true. This is Pure propaganda. Very dishonest comment.
Are the nukes free or do they cost extra? I’m sure there is a special payment plan?….
I’m sure they’re not free, but I wonder if you can order them from Amazon. Maybe you can save money if you get them “renewed.”
Nuclear sharing is nuclear caring… 😉
What an idea! A Christmas gift, just in time for Christmas. It’s a perfect time to finally have peace, altogether with our dead loved ones.
Not the most romantic notion I’ve heard of but if it works for you, it works for me… ETERNAL PEACE ON EARTH!
i bet that the weapons makers have catalogs like the Sears catalog.
my siblings and i used to study it page by page when we were kids looking at toys and bikes and clothes. “oh i want that one!”
Of course, NATO is a “defensive alliance” and of course the USA’s lending nukes to those other members are not contrary to the NPT which forbids spreading nukes around. Peace is so easy to share!
I’m glad I no longer have to rely on television, newspapers and magazines for news. Today I now know who the bad guys are and none of them is Russia.
“The 35 jets, the world’s most advanced warplanes, should be delivered between 2026 and 2029, it said.”
That little detail says it all. Germany is kicking the ball down the field, well past the use-by date of the Anglo-Zionist Empire, which will either be buried in the sands of time, or… WWIII!
There is no sharing of American nuclear weapons with allies, that is empty talk, Germany has nothing to say regarding the stationing of nuclear weapons. The nuclear weapons stationed in Germany are targets and the people are opposed to them, but so what?
Elected officials have nothing to say, and the people who do have say have not been elected, so said a German elder elected official some time ago.
Germany is a non nuclear power but a nuclear target anyway. Not that it really matters, there is no way that would protect it from being a nuclear target.
I can make this headline even more dramatic and scare even more people, Watch this:
“Germany Signs Contract to Purchase F-35s That Can End the World in one second”
Yes, the worthless and easily detected F35 will be in a German arsenal.
Truly a colossally stupid decision and waste of funds. What Germany would need nuclear bomb-capable fighter planes for is pretty hard to fathom – unless they want to wipe out Polish farmers over the border…