"You don’t just sling along a tactical nuke on any aircraft, but the integration and certification is quite a complex process, and relies on the country owning the nukes being ready to share some of their most highly classified military secrets."
From the Internet web site of the Finnish blogger Corporal Frisk an aspect of the proposed Euro Corps, Euro Force, Euro Army that needs to be properly examined in advance.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR SAME.
"On German Nukes and Tornadoes"
I suggest without qualification or reservation this Corporal Frisk article. Highlights what I see too as problems as will be associated with the formation of an INDEPENDENT and UNITED European army. An INDEPENDENT and UNITED European army, Euro Force, Euro Corps as advocated by such political personalities as Macron and Merkel of France and Germany respectively.
AND INDEPENDENT AND UNITED EUROPEAN MILITARY SEPARATE FROM NATO!
Problems from my perspective with the proposed formation of the Euro army, Euro Force, Euro Corps to include:
* Expenditures for conventional armaments to be large. This will not be popular with the voters.
* Conscription will become a must and standard? This will not be popular with the voters.
* The Euro Corps/Army/Force will NEED to have a tactical nuclear capacity. This will not be popular with the voters.
TACTICAL ATOMIC MUNITIONS THE DELIVERY SYSTEM AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME THE GERMAN FLOWN PANAVIA TORNADO. A WARPLANE BEING DECOMMISSIONED.
[French current have a very tepid tactical atomic weapon delivery system, cruise-missile, air launched. I am speaking of a much robust atomic-equipped force.]
FURTHER THE NOW-BEING RETIRED PANAVIA TORNADO VERSIONS HAVING THE DEDICATED ABILITY TO COUNTER ENEMY GROUND-BASED AIR DEFENSES. SEAD/DEAD.
"These are specialised electronic warfare aircraft, flying the SEAD/DEAD [Suppression Enemy Air Defense] mission of taking out enemy air defences and radars. This is an extremely rare capability for any air force to have, besides Germany only Italy, the US Navy, and Australia sport dedicated tactical SEAD jets"
TORNADO NEEDING TO BE REPLACED FOR SPECIFIC MISSIONS BUT WITH WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS THE QUESTION.
See previous blog entries [some with additional links] the topic the proposed Euro Corps, Euro Force,. Euro Army"
https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/02/deutschland.html
https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/03/omissions.html
coolbert.