Germany is poised to spent 8.400.000.000$ for 35 F-35A airframes.
That is 240.000.000€ per airframe........
You get an J-10CE for 40 Million,
an Eurofighter for 90 million plus the money stays in Europe.
Both aircraft can fulfill all capabilities of F-35A minus stealth and certification for US gravity nukes like B83.
Don't know if I want to cry or to scream, we are in the midst of a massive drought in europe, some Poles just dumped more mercury into the rivers than Germans dropped bombs on Warsaw '39, not sure how high the losses in agriculture will be, we experience massive inflation and a coming recession, yet wages remain stagnant. We are not even certain if we can heat our homes in winter, let alone run any industry.
There is a war 1500km from Berlin and those green and social democrat dogs know nothing better than throwing money out.