German vehicles leave a German A400M. Reuters.
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) is at a low point in terms of readiness. Reuters. Aircraft are grounded due to a lack of spare parts and lack of maintenance. The inspection time for Eurofighters is double of what it is supposed to be. A report found that only 39 of Germany's 128 Eurofighters are ready for combat while the older Tornado fighters had 26 ready out of 93. Merkel's government has not met NATO requirements to spend 2% of their GDP on defense and it is costing Germany's readiness.
My Comment:
Every military has fighter jets out for maintenance but the numbers we are seeing out of Germany are just pathetic. They hardly have any fighter jets that are capable of deploying. From what I understand the critical logistical planes are in no better shape. They can't deploy fighters or deploy their troops with so few planes.
It seems pretty clear that if there is a major war Germany will not be able to contribute much. This much was clear when they did nothing in Syria and Iraq despite suffering several militant attacks. I always thought they choose not to do so but it seems they aren't capable of doing so.
There is only one way out of this mess and that is to spend money. But Germany doesn't have the money due to the migrant crisis. Taking care of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers has drained the coffers and it seems unlikely that this problem will be solved anytime soon.
It seems pretty clear that Germany will not be a reliable ally in the event of the war. With readiness as low as it is their contributions would be minimal. For comparison sake a single Nimitz class aircraft carrier has between 85 and 90 aircraft. Not all of those are fighter jets but the point remains that the ship has the combat power of the entire country of Germany right now...
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