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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by klwerty on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:33AM (#34609140)
It seems to be hard to find an explanation for the lease gravity nuclear weapons strategy for Germany.

I presume that they require US launch codes (and the F35 has a kill switch?). So what is the use for Germany?

The fear in Europe (confirmed by Westpoint graduate Mearsheimer long before the Ukraine war) is that if Russia strikes a single city in Europe, the US will get second thoughts and not retaliate. Germany then cannot retaliate either, so what is the point?

This is the reason for France to have its own nuclear arsenal and fighters.

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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by hef19898 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:48AM (#34609264)
The reason that those US controlled, German dropped, nukes allow Germany to oarticipate in the NATO nuclear planning councils. The Netherlands had the same agreement and dropped out of it a while ago.
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