(Franco Iacch)
18/05/16

http://www.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/f-35-danimarca-alla-nato-saremo-operativi-nel-2025-dal-2022-al-2024-ve-la-dovrete

"The government has chosen the most advanced combat aircraft, but Denmark for three years will implement its international obligations. The F-35 will be fully operational only in 2027, so we will have a three-year gap ". It 'as said the Danish Minister of Defence Peter Christensen to the media of the country.

"From 2022 to 2024, Denmark will not be able to meet its international tasks if NATO or the United States were to request them. We have a three-year window in which we will not be able to operate internationally. The window will increase, according to the time taken by the Parliament to make a decision ".

The cost to acquire the 27 F-35 is three billion dollars. The total cost of the F-35 program is estimated to be nearly nine billion dollars. The Danish F-35 should go into production in 2018. Denmark estimated the achievement of full capacity of the airplane to three years after delivery. The government wants to put the money under the Defense bill, which provides long-term funding until 2026.

Denmark has helped develop the JSF program since 1997. The Danes have also determined that the F-35 will be significantly cheaper, since it will have to buy less than the Typhoon and the Hornet.

Reads the final report of the government, "the F-35 cell is designed to be capable of flying 8,000 hours, while the Eurofighter and the Super Hornet can not fly for more than six thousand hours." To the detriment of ' Hornet also its two-seat configuration. based on this calculation, it was determined that 28 F-35 will be able to fulfill the same missions of EFA 34 2000 or 38 F-18. in the documents, however, we recommend the purchase of 27 F-35. as a result of spending cuts, the Danish government, which issued the request for a new tactical fighter in 2010, was forced to downsize its fleet to 30 units, compared to the 48 initially planned.

The Danish Government has not made any real evidence between the fighters. The comparison was made hypothetically by experts recruited by the government that have evaluated a number of factors, including the life cycle. The Saab Gripen was initially assessed, not coming in the final stages of the acquisition process for the new tactical fighter.

(Photo: Lockheed Martin)

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