Now the Bundeswehr cannot fulfill all obligations to NATO, said the head of the Ministry of defense of Germany Ursula von der Leyen in an interview to the weekly Bild am Sonntag, informs.
" Because of the serious shortage of equipment of the Bundeswehr is now unable to fulfill all its commitment to NATO. With regard to the number of aircraft, we At this point in time is not accomplished in the past year and cannot provide in behalf of NATO promised a number of such devices within 180 days in case of a fall, " the magazine quoted the words of the German Minister.
According to von der Leyen, the main problems in the defense Ministry associated with delivery of spare parts for the aircraft, as well as failure of the helicopters of the Navy.
According to the journal, now the air force in Germany is in a worse condition than expected: in combat readiness are only 38 of 89 Tornado fighters, 24 of 56 transport aircraft Transal, 109 fighter Eurofighter to perform combat tasks have the possibility of only 42. According to a report by the Ministry of defence of Germany, check helicopters will be completed no earlier than next year, Which limits the possibilities of the German Navy.
The defense Minister also said That resolving these issues will take more than one year, As the funding of military technology in Germany was given second place in the 1-St of all money allocated to the operations of the Bundeswehr abroad.
Vladimir Yevseyev, Director of the Center for public policy research, for MIA " Russia today ": September 4-5, 2014 In Wales hosted the NATO summit. Instead of tackling the real issues caused by the necessity of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and permission Iraqi, Syrian and Libyan crises, the summit participants were interested in a meaningless fight against a mythical Russian threat. While Moscow, which the day before had submitted acceptable to the parties plan for a peaceful resolution of the conflict situation in the East of Ukraine, the dialogue is not even invited. On the contrary participant of the summit was the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, immensely happy for the opportunity to become closer to the West, even by substantial territorial losses, the collapse of the national economy and the impoverishment of the inhabitants of their own country.
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