Finland to buy 64 US F-35 fighters in huge deal

HELSINKI: Finland will order 64 F-35A multi-role fighter jets from United States contractor Lockheed Martin to replace its ageing fleet in a massive deal worth €8.4 billion , the government said on Friday .

Lockheed Martin defeated rival bids from Boeing, France's Dassault, Saab of Sweden and the Eurofighter consortium of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain - months after Switzerland picked the US planes."The F35 fulfilled the demands for preparedness, industrial cooperation and cost," Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen told a press conference.

"In comparisons of the military capabilities, the F-35 overall system was the best at meeting our needs," he said, citing the plane's"battle, intelligence and resilience capabilities"."Once again we notice and regret an American preference prevailing in Europe," Dassault Aviation said in a statement.

After a six-year tendering process, during which the planes were tested for their ability to operate in Arctic conditions, the Finnish defence forces will replace its existing fleet of F/A-18 Hornets by 2030.The first F-35s will be delivered to Finland in 2026, with the fleet of Hornets to be fully replaced by 2030,the government said.

CNA is tools for the CIA to promote US idealogy and AntiChina. It reports based on the west media but has not report from CGTN which represent the china view and respond. The objective of CNA is to brain wash the local to smear China for USA.

No future of Air Force without stealth technology.

do they have any enemy ?

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