Germany to buy F-18 Super Hornet And reduce Typhoon orders
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Germany to buy F-18 Super Hornet And reduce Typhoon orders
Due to replacement for the Tornado being delayed.
https://eurasiantimes.com/nato-commi...r-of-typhoons/
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Flug Revue reported this back in April.
https://www.flugrevue.de/militaer/vo...ghter-ersetzt/
(Hope your German is up to scratch)
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The next question is - will the Germans have to keep the F18 or another US aircraft for the nuclear role?
It is very unlikely (I think) that the French will allow enough details of the new aircraft to be shared with the US for it to adopt that role.
Next stupid question - as there are theatre missiles coming back into the situation, would it not be easier to create Pershing 3? I suppose the US would not sell aircraft then but they would be useful for the Pacific (answered my own question).
It is very unlikely (I think) that the French will allow enough details of the new aircraft to be shared with the US for it to adopt that role.
Next stupid question - as there are theatre missiles coming back into the situation, would it not be easier to create Pershing 3? I suppose the US would not sell aircraft then but they would be useful for the Pacific (answered my own question).
Due to replacement for the Tornado being delayed.
https://eurasiantimes.com/nato-commi...r-of-typhoons/
https://eurasiantimes.com/nato-commi...r-of-typhoons/
German Tornado replacement
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Scramble reporting that Germany ordered another 38 x Tranche 4 Typhoons on November 5 - for 5.4 Billion Euros. They will replace the oldest Tranche 1 aircraft within the current total fleet of 141 aircraft.
https://www.scramble.nl/military-new...nch-3-ef-2000s
https://www.scramble.nl/military-new...nch-3-ef-2000s
At the time it looked promising because it was envisioned to carry the B-61 thus Germany carying on nuclear commitment to NATO,
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It is never to late to correct a wrong decision. Germany wanted to please the French by buying "outdated" F/A-18 for US special weapon delivery. This was intended to keep an urgent need for FCAS development alive. Now they realize that everybody else picked the F-35, the one that Luftwaffe already had dared to opt for before.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry...buys-the-f-18/
Boeing pledges expanded German industry involvement if the nation buys the F-18
Boeing pledges expanded German industry involvement if the nation buys the F-18
Any US jet, especially F35 would impact the requirement for the Franco German Spanish FCAS programme, which is already in difficulties over workshare.
And a nuclear capable F18 would reduce the number of new Typhoon for Germany.
As I have mentioned before. All of this goes to demonstrate what fantastic value for money the Tornado has and is still to Germany. IDS, ECR and Nuclear capable in just one jet. Something that its replacement cannot do.
It is massively outdated and the structural life expires. They tried long enough to just keep it going.
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Please bear in mind I’m not a Typhoon guy but I’ll do my best!
By your username I’m assuming you used to defend the air from the cockpit of a Lightning. Back in those days bombs etc were no more complex than a lump of metal to drop from the right piece of sky. Very little software was required and carriage trials would have been quite simple. We also did a lot of the work ourselves and didn’t have partner nations to worry about.
Nowadays jets are too clever for their own good and you can’t just strap on whatever you like without modifying the software. This is expensive and can involve the cooperation of multiple nations. It is especially complicated where nuclear secrets are involved.
I hope that makes sense. And I hope I’m not talking a load of rubbish.
BV
By your username I’m assuming you used to defend the air from the cockpit of a Lightning. Back in those days bombs etc were no more complex than a lump of metal to drop from the right piece of sky. Very little software was required and carriage trials would have been quite simple. We also did a lot of the work ourselves and didn’t have partner nations to worry about.
Nowadays jets are too clever for their own good and you can’t just strap on whatever you like without modifying the software. This is expensive and can involve the cooperation of multiple nations. It is especially complicated where nuclear secrets are involved.
I hope that makes sense. And I hope I’m not talking a load of rubbish.
BV