{"id":41725,"date":"2020-04-20T19:36:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/20\/germanys-defence-ministry-is-under-the-gun-to-name-a-tornado-replacement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:12:41","slug":"germanys-defence-ministry-is-under-the-gun-to-name-a-tornado-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/04\/20\/germanys-defence-ministry-is-under-the-gun-to-name-a-tornado-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Defence Ministry is under the gun to name a Tornado replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLOGNE, Germany \u2014 You can count on Germany to stir the pot of nuclear weapons sharing amid a global pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such was the case in the past few days in a country that, armed with a superb health care system and a relatively low COVID-19 mortality rate, is seen as a model for managing the coronavirus crisis. But as of Sunday afternoon, the national security community was abuzz about a news report saying Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer effectively promised her U.S. counterpart that the ministry will buy 45 F-18 jets from Boeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Der Spiegel report comes after news broke a few weeks ago that Berlin planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2020\/03\/26\/germany-reportedly-moving-toward-a-split-buy-of-super-hornets-and-eurofighter-typhoons-to-replace-tornado-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\">acquire a mix<\/a> of Airbus Eurofighter jets and Boeing F-18s for a smattering of air warfare jobs too demanding for the country\u2019s aging Tornado fleet. Those jobs include flying conventional fighter-bomber missions, jamming enemy air defenses and carrying U.S. nuclear-tipped gravity bombs to hypothetical World War III targets somewhere eastward, per NATO\u2019s so-called nuclear sharing deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Der Spiegel, Kramp-Karrenbauer sent U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper an email last week detailing her ministry\u2019s wish to buy F-18s not only for the atomic mission \u2014 which comes as little surprise \u2014 but also for the electronic warfare role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That reported promise stung Eurofighter advocates \u2014 even those who might begrudgingly accept an American product for the nuclear mission \u2014 because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2019\/11\/12\/airbus-expects-updated-industry-call-for-germanys-tornado-replacement-contest\/\" target=_blank>Airbus has plans<\/a> for a souped-up jamming plane that it wants to see in Germany\u2019s inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, the Eurofighter crowd wants nothing more than Berlin to pick a pure Eurofighter fleet, arguing that the F-18\u2032s shelf life is expiring in U.S. budget planning anyway, and that the Boeing jet is no closer to nuclear weapons certification than any other aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German Defence Ministry has always signaled it will take into account industrial policy considerations in the Tornado-replacement question. So strongly did senior leaders believe in the idea of a keeping the European industrial base humming toward an eventual Franco-German aerial \u00fcber-weapon that they nixed Lockheed Martin\u2019s F-35 from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But keeping American aircraft entirely out of the loop has always seemed a nonstarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A ministry spokesman on Monday said Kramp-Karrenbauer\u2019s missive to Esper was only meant to test the waters regarding America\u2019s ability to start delivering those planes when the actual acquisition program gets underway in a few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A formal decision on replacing the Tornados had initially been expected by the end of March. But as the coronavirus crisis unfolded, that decision was pushed to after Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kramp-Karrenbauer is expected to announce her plans before the parliamentary Defence Committee on Wednesday, where she is likely to face opposition from lawmakers of the SPD coalition partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until then, Germans have yet another puzzle to discuss, as an increasingly divisive debate unfolds here over reopening the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can count on Germany to stir the pot of nuclear weapons sharing amid a global 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