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F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 14 July 2025UIN 64823

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, what his target date is

Answered by Maria Eagle

It would not be appropriate to comment on timeframes in which UK F-35A aircraft will have access to US air-launched nuclear weapons for reasons of safeguarding of national security.

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