Apr 8, 2018
... you may ask yourself a question if doves of peace like these:
French defence minister Florence Parly (center) talks with German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen (right) prior to a meeting during the second day of the Defence ministers Council meeting at Nato headquarters in Brussels, on Feb. 15, 2018.
will be getting additional tens of billions, or their role is to look for quote endquote efficiences
now
"Leyen has already selected the programs she would cut, according to Bild Am Sonntag, including the politically-sensitive
with Norway, the keystone of defense cooperation between the two countries, and the acquisition of six Lockheed Martin C-130J turboprop transport aircraft for German special forces, which are to be operated by a joint French-German squadron.
The submarine program calls for Norway to order four boats from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, for 4.3 billion euros, while the German navy would order another two, armed with the Norwegian Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile. A German withdrawal would likely cause Norway to cancel its own order, bringing a heavy political cost in Germany’s domestic politics due to the ensuing job and export losses.
The second program is militarily and operationally sensitive, as the joint French-German C-130J squadron is heavy in political symbolism as well as being a cornerstone of military capabilities as it is intended to support both countries’ special forces. Even more crucially, some of the C-130Js will be procured in a tanker-capable version, which alone will be able to refuel helicopters in flight until the technical issues that prevent the Airbus A400M transport aircraft from in-flight refueling are fixed."
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