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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

JSF could go nuclear

NL F-35A Lightning IIIn a letter to the Lower House, defense minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and foreign affairs minister Frans Timmermans said that the JSF may indeed have nuclear weapons on board, NOS reported on Tuesday.

Last year, a majority of the House supported a motion of the SP stating that the F-35 fighter jet should not perform nuclear duties.

According to the ministers, the Netherlands is member of NATO and it can be required to perform a nuclear task.

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