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| UK is set to buy 12 F-35A fighter jets from the US |
| 2025-06-27 |
| [Daily Mail where America gets its news] The £80million jets, a variant of the F-35Bs the UK already uses, can carry conventional weapons but can also be equipped with nuclear weapons - specifically the US B61-12 gravity bomb. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Improved window dressing for the the two "aircraft carriers" by having six each prominently displayed as they occasionally sail around the world with their lone destroyer escort to visit the Commonwealth countries while playing "...Britannia rule the waves". |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-06-27 14:46 |
| #7 One wonders at whom the Sir Keir intends the things to shoot, five years from now… From the article: When the UK receives its jets and the bombs at the end of the decade, it will be the first time that Britain has boasted an air-launched tactical nuclear weapon since 1998, when Tony Blair's Labour government shuttered the WE177 programme. But while the Royal Air Force will own the jets and be able to operate them freely, nuclear non-proliferation controls dictate that the US will retain ownership of the nuclear weapons they come with. That means that the UK cannot deliver a nuclear strike with a B61 bomb without explicit approval from Washington, raising concerns over Britain's operational autonomy. For a B61 to be deployed, the strike would require sign-off from NATO's Nuclear Planning Group, the British Prime Minister, and the US President - a complex process that could limit response times in the event of a crisis. Britain's existing nuclear deterrent rests entirely on the Trident system, in which a submarine carrying dozens of strategic nuclear missiles is always at sea, ready to fire at a moment's notice. But last year, Trident misfired during a test - the second successive failure after a missile veered off course in 2016. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-27 12:37 |
| #6 Purchase was to address the trade imbalance. The planes will sit. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-27 12:16 |
| #5 Gay woman, tranny, and drag queen |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-06-27 10:59 |
| #4 ^3 women + 9 Pakis |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-06-27 10:42 |
| #3 They still have 12 pilots or they get axed to pay for the maintenance of a pakistani public apartment complex? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-06-27 10:33 |
| #2 Royal Air Force Goes Nuclear With F-35A |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-06-27 09:56 |
| #1 And that's gonna be just about their whole defense budget. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-06-27 08:20 |