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Germany to buy F-35s, Eurofighters to modernize army after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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F-35 fighter jets from Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom take part in an aerial exercise over the Mediterranean Sea, on June 25, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
BERLIN — Germany plans to buy up to 35 F-35 fighter jets made by US firm Lockheed Martin and 15 Eurofighter jets, a parliamentary source says, as part of a major push to modernize the armed forces in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The F-35 purchase would replace Germany’s decades-old Tornado fleet, the only jets capable of carrying US nuclear bombs, according to media reports confirmed by the source.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz last month pledged to invest 100 billion euros ($112 billion) in the nation’s chronically underfunded Bundeswehr.
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