We are borrowing from the Americans for the purchase of F-35 jets
The government has given the green light to the purchase of US arms and military equipment worth 12 billion dollars, on the basis of a loan through the Foreign Military Financing mechanism, offered by the US, an amount of which more than half will go, according to some sources from the Ministry of National Defense, for the purchase of the 32 F-35 fighter jets. The Emergency Ordinance adopted in yesterday and #39;s meeting by the Ciolacu Cabinet shows that this type of instrument for financing the government and #39;s public debt by amending and supplementing GEO 64/2007 on public debt.
According to a press release