The Atlantic Alliance is concerned that Moscow can get their hands on the technology of a F-35B fallen in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, after taking off a British aircraft carrier.
It is the object of all coveties. A stealth plane F-35B damaged in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, November 17, while he had taken off from the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. His pilot could erect in time. But the Atlantic Alliance is worried about the possible recovery of the wreck of the device by Russia and the risk it thus puts its hand on its technology.
United Kingdom, United States and NATO officials assured Monday, November 22, being able to recover the plane before Russia. “We will get it the first, I guarantee it,” said General Simon Doran, highest American gradé aboard the aircraft holder. “We are not worried about his recovery,” said the supreme assistant commander of allied forces for Europe, General Tim Radford, in front of journalists aboard the ship that crosses in the Mediterranean.
A “really regrettable incident”
“We are not worried because we work on it right now. There was a concern at the moment when the plane fell, but the pilot is safe and except and that’s what is More importantly, “he added. He did not want to reveal details about the rescue operation.
The loss of this F-35 is a “truly regrettable incident (…) a setback,” said the officer at the head of one of the nine vessels engaged in the Mediterranean, commander Steve Moorhouse. But, he added, “the reliability of this device and our trust in him and in the project are intact”.
The United Kingdom has already received 21 US F-35B, most intended for its two aircraft carriers, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the HMS Prince of Wales. The F-35Bs are a variant of the fifth generation F-35, capable of vertical landing and short takeoff.