Britain is buying 12 fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs, Sir Keir Starmer will announce
England will buy 12 fighter aircraft that can drop nuclear bombs, Keir Starmer will announce tomorrow.
The F-35A aircraft, which can also offer traditional weapons, will be a great support for the nuclear deterrence of this country.
The Prime Minister will make the announcement at the NATO summit in The Hague.
Download Street, the movement ‘England’s greatest power of the nuclear stance in a generation’, and Britain is part of NATO’s nuclear mission in the air, he said.
The government warned that the nation should be ‘actively preparing’ for the ‘war -time scenario’ for the first time at home ‘for many years’.
The F-35A Movement is a great victory for the royal Air Force, which has long been pushing the return of its nuclear abilities. The last British cool nuclear weapon was withdrawn from the service after the end of the Cold War.
Since then, Britain’s nuclear deterrence has been moved by the submarines of the Royal Navy, which the government promised to invest in renewal with four new ships.
Jets are a type of F-35Bs that England already used and will be in the shelf Marham. They will be in the air in the next two years, each worth £ 100 million each.
England will buy 12 F-35A fighter aircraft (in the picture), which can drop nuclear bombs, Keir Starmer will announce tomorrow
The government plans to supply up to 138 F-35 in the coming years and says it would support 20,000 jobs, and British military companies play a role in the construction of Bae Systems, Cobham and Rolls Royce. Mostly, they would be held by Lockheed Martin in the United States, but 15 percent of the pieces entering them will be held in the UK.
The F-35A is slightly larger than F-35B, ie it can carry a nuclear weapon and has a longer range. Nuclear bombs connected to jets will be US -made.
The Prime Minister attended a dinner of NATO leaders, including US President Donald Trump, organized by the King of the Netherlands last night.
After dinner, the Prime Minister said: ‘In a radical uncertainty, we cannot get peace anymore, so my government invests in our national security, ensures that our armed forces have the equipment they need, and the up and down communities in the country provide benefits from our defense dividends.
‘These F-35 double talented aircraft, which support 100 businesses and more than 20,000 jobs throughout the country, will herald a new era for world leader Royal Air Force and hostile threats.
‘The UK’s commitment to NATO is indisputable as the Alliance’s contribution to the Britain’s contribution to Safety and safe, but we must take steps to protect the Euro-Atlantic zone for future generations.’
Defense Secretary John Healey, the decision ‘confirming that we face new nuclear risks, other states increased and diversified the nuclear arsenal’ strategic defense review, he said.
The investigation, published in the early this month, proposed discussions about ‘Advanced England Participation’ in the nuclear mission of the alliance with the US and NATO and increased the likelihood of acquiring F-35A.
NATO’s nuclear mission includes the fact that allied planes are equipped with American B61 bombs stocked in Europe.
NATO boss Mark Rutte praised the announcement that it was ‘another solid British contribution to NATO’.
Authority added: ‘Britain has declared nuclear deterrence to NATO for decades, and I am now announcing that today’s UK will join NATO’s nuclear task.’
In addition to the nuclear announcement, England, Sir Keir and Mr. Healey will provide 350 air defense missiles for NATO to support Kiev more. It will be financed by £ 70 million, collected from interest rates for hand -captured Russian assets.
In a definite assessment of the threats faced by the country, yesterday’s national security strategy said Britain could be under the ‘direct threat’.
Prime Minister (in the picture) will make the announcement at the NATO Summit in The Hague
A Japanese F-35A contacted with an American bedding plane
The country faces an increasing risk of nuclear weapons and the increase in hostile activities in the British territory. The country is confronted with referring to Russia and Iran by ‘confronting those who threaten our security’.
The report, in the report published yesterday, “ In the meantime, some enemies lay the foundations of future conflicts, and they will rapidly act to cause great deterioration in our energy and / or supply chains. ” He said.
‘For the first time for many years, we must potentially be actively prepared in a war scenario for the possibility of direct threats of the British homeland.’
