Germany Plans to Buy 93 Eurofighters, 45 F-18s: Minister
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Germany plans to buy 93 Eurofighters and 45 US-made F-18s to replace ageing combat jets, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Tuesday, emphasizing that the US planes satisfied NATO requirements. Amid growing criticism over her decision to include US-made aircraft in the mix, the minister told Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper the F-18s were needed as “bridging technology”. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-plans-to-buy-93-eurofighters-45-f-18s-minister-75232/
Germany plans to buy 93 Eurofighters and 45 US-made F-18s to replace ageing combat jets, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Tuesday, emphasizing that the US planes satisfied NATO requirements. Amid growing criticism over her decision to include US-made aircraft in the mix, the minister told Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper the F-18s were needed as “bridging technology”. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-plans-to-buy-93-eurofighters-45-f-18s-minister-75232/