"german fighter planes flew with nuclear bombs"
2024-09-08
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german tornado fighter jets were photographed flying with nuclear bombs over a us air force base
screenshot of the report on the "defense blog" website
the u.s. "defense blog" website reported on september 7 that two tornado fighter jets from germany were recently photographed appearing at edwards air force base in the united states, one of which was carrying a nuclear bomb.
according to reports, photos posted by netizens on the social media platform x showed a german tornado fighter jet in flight carrying a b61-12 nuclear training bomb. the poster said the photo was taken above edwards air force base in the united states.
later, german defense ministry procurement office spokesman schmelz also confirmed the news and said that these german fighters are participating in the "silent companion 24" joint training in the united states. "both fighters are currently being tested in the united states at edwards air force base, and other related equipment is being tested at the tonopah test range in nevada," schmelz said in an email. he also said that the two fighters will return to germany from september 11 to 13.
photos posted by netizens on social media platform x
the report said that under the nato nuclear sharing framework arrangement, the tornado fighter is currently germany's designated nuclear weapons launch platform, but it is expected to be replaced by the f-35 fighter in the future. against the backdrop of increasing global tensions, this test highlights germany's role in nato's nuclear deterrence.
the b61-12 is the latest model of the b61 series of nuclear bombs, with a total of 4 equivalents to choose from, up to 50,000 tons of tnt. the service life of this nuclear bomb is at least 20 years, and it will replace all us nuclear weapons deployed in europe in the next few years. the nuclear bomb is equipped with a guidance tail kit that can improve the accuracy of the strike, and a lower equivalent model can be selected for strikes, thereby reducing collateral damage.
