#f-35a

#f-35a

Ministers still do not know when RAF jets will be able to carry nuclear weapons or how much the project will cost, the Commons spending watchdog has found. In a report published on Friday, the influential Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had still not set out how much it would cost to operate new F-35A jets. Sir Keir Starmer announced at the Nato summit in June that the UK would purchase 12 of the jets.

The U.K. has decided to purchase a dozen F-35A fighter jets from the U.S., capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, marking a return of U.S. nuclear assets in the U.K. since the Cold War.