Romania to Buy F-35 Fighter Jets from the US

Romania will purchase F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the US, the Supreme National Defense Council decided at its meeting today, BTA reported.

Members of Romania's Supreme Council of National Defense approved the so-called "Concept for achieving operational air defense capability with fifth-generation multi-role aircraft", announced the administration of President Klaus Iohannis.

"Fighters are equipped with a wide range of advanced sensors, have the ability to exchange encrypted information in real-time, both with air platforms and ground defense systems, have the ability to manage the operational picture of the battlefield, allow to achieve and maintain superiority in of the air, a mandatory condition for ensuring sovereignty in the national airspace and, if necessary, for its defense," a press release from the president's administration states.

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