Germany’s Typhoon problem: Only four fighters can be made combat ready

Germany's Typhoons! Perhaps just a tropical breeze. It is all fun and games until the fit hits the shan. When you turn the key and it doesn't';t start, it is too late to think about what might have been.

That article paints a pretty alarming picture for the Germans. Something weird when I was in Germany is that the reserve folks seemed a bit more squared away than the active Bundeswehr. Our "partner" unit was a reserve (Landwehr?) unit, so we saw more of it than we did the active Bundeswehr, but from what little glimpse I got of the regular Bundeswehr troops, they didn't seem motivated at all - like they didn't want to be serving in the first place. Just an anecdote, anyway.

A few years ago, the Swiss government admitted that it only had enough money budgeted to have aircraft ready to respond to threats during "business hours": https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/feb/19/swiss-air-force-ethiopian-airlines-hijacking-office-hours
Wonder if that stop the Russians in the Baltic states - put up a "Closed" sign and tell 'em to come back on Monday. (Kind of reminds me of the toll-gate scene in Blazing Saddles)

Blame it on the President Obama of Germany. Angela Merkel who worries about global warming or climate change or whatever you want to call it instead of Defense.
I guess it would rather build BMWs and Audi's instead of keeping their planes flying and keeping their Leo two tanks working.

https://youtu.be/zJZfuJdycGc