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Posted on 05/12/2016 1:40:10 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
COPENHAGEN, denmark • Denmark’s government will recommend the purchase of at least 27 F-35 stealth fighters built by Lockheed Martin Corp., people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Denmark would be the 11th country to buy the radar-evading jets, joining the United States, Britain, Australia, Turkey, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Israel, South Korea and Japan.
The selection by Denmark’s minority Liberal government follows intense public debate about the cost of modernizing the country’s air force, but it can still be blocked by parliament, where opposition politicians are urging budget restraint.
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen called a press briefing for Thursday morning on the issue, but the government declined to comment further.
The recommendation, first reported by Denmark’s TV2 News, will be followed by a public comment period of 30 days, said one of the people, who was not authorized to speak publicly. The final number of jets could shift during this period.
If confirmed, the decision will mark a setback for Boeing, another U.S. weapons maker that mounted an expensive last-ditch marketing effort for its older F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which is made in north St. Louis County.
The four-nation Eurofighter Typhoon consortium also was a contender.
News of the recommendation emerged as doubts were raised over a crucial parliamentary committee hearing scheduled for Friday.
Pause Current Time 0:00 / Duration Time 0:00 Loaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00 Fullscreen 00:00 Unmute All three bidders have been invited to present their jets, but Denmark’s Conservative Party said Lockheed and Boeing had been told by Washington not to participate. A spokesman for the U.S. embassy confirmed they had been advised to stay away.
Airbus Group said it still planned to attend and called for a “healthy and transparent” public debate.
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Isn’t Denmark on the verge of falling to islam?
Selling them the rope they will hang us with?
Selling them the rope they will hang us with?
Hang onto your hat. See that image above? See the red flag with a yellow Crescent and Star? It's the fifth one from the right.
That is the flag of Turkey. Not only is Turkey buying F-35s, they are the European final assembly and check out, and depot level maintenance for the F-35.
Turkey will be building F-35s. I wouldn't worry about Denmark too much.
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