German airforce is better off with colorful balloons...

[Bleipriester]

Every time the big German politicians announce a military campaign we don´t have to wait long for news.
The German airforce, a second class recycling depot, struggles with the readiness of the Tornado jets they want to send to Syria. The developments rise the question, what the Bundeswehr does with all the dozens of billions it gets each year.

""The state of our flying systems remains unsatisfactory," Bundeswehr (German army) chief of staff General Volker Wieker wrote in the report, although he added that the army had managed to "stabilize" its deteriorating readiness.

Germany's Tornados, fighter-bombers designed to fight Soviet forces during the Cold War, are all between 23 and 34 years old and are seen as on their way out of service.

But Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen insisted that Germany would be able to fulfil its commitments to ally France for the fight against Isis.

"Thirty Tornados are ready for action, and we need six of them. That gives us a wide margin," von der Leyen told broadcaster ARD on Wednesday morning."

Less than half of German jets ready for action

A *******, ******* joke:

 

[whitehall]

As long as Germany is a member of NATO they don't need to spend a lot on national defense. The U.S. will pick up the slack.

 

[waltky]

99 Luftballoons is all dey need.

 

[Bleipriester]

As long as Germany is a member of NATO they don't need to spend a lot on national defense. The U.S. will pick up the slack.

Lets be honest. The only military threat Germany eventually faces, is other Nato members.

 

[waltky]

Yea...

... with 99 Luftballoons...

... dey coulld drop bombs on jihadis heads.

 

[Bleipriester]

Germany's military is a joke. 40 billion budget but could not defeat the voluntary firefighters.