2024-10-07 04:25:38
I have information that by the middle of the month the black box analysis will be completed and there will be a signed report with conclusions and findings. This is what Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov said in the program “On Focus” on Nova TV in connection with the black box of the crashed L-39 plane near Plovdiv.
He added that this is a big blow to our Air Force. We lost two experienced pilots. In the armed forces, I do not accept excuses for the loss of human life. I want a comprehensive assessment and investigation, and whoever made a mistake should bear the consequences. The release of command officials is possible, he added.
Atanas Zapryanov stated that there is a problem with the stock – with the people we bring to military report and if we have to mobilize them. How will we cook the stock in the future? Because the last reservists with military training were from 2007. Since then, we have not been able to prepare the citizens militarily. We have seen that Russia has conducted several waves of mobilization, and Ukraine is also conducting mobilization events, the Minister of Defense warned.
We are about to conclude a contract for the Javelin missiles, for all combat machines – this is the third contract with General Dynamics that we have concluded with the USA, he added.
According to him, Bulgaria will have such anti-aircraft defense for every combat vehicle. We are talking about a brigade that we need to equip with the combat vehicles. On the F-16 bomb contract from Boeing – we are not buying F-16s without weapons. In addition to the planes, they have the corresponding armament. Bombs are precision-guided. We can say that when the program is fully implemented, there will be no unarmed fighters, the defense minister added.