瑞士购买30架F-35A喷气式飞机,推迟爱国者系统,并计划进行税收和资金变动,以解决国防预算短缺问题。 Switzerland buys 30 F-35A jets, delays Patriot systems, and plans tax and fund changes to address defense budget shortfall.

瑞士将购买30架F-35A战斗机, 而不是36架, Switzerland will buy 30 F-35A fighter jets instead of 36 due to rising costs, staying within a 6 billion Swiss franc budget approved by voters in 2020. 政府寻求3.94亿法郎的额外资金,但不会要求追加11亿法郎,以维持整个秩序。 The government seeks 394 million francs in extra funding but will not request an additional 1.1 billion francs needed for the full order. 在接收美国制造的爱国者防空系统方面出现拖延——现在预计由于这些系统被重新分配到乌克兰而推迟4至5年——促使瑞士探索欧洲制造的第二防空系统,可能是法国-意大利SAMP/T。 Delays in receiving U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems—now expected four to five years late due to their reallocation to Ukraine—have prompted Switzerland to explore a European-made second air defense system, possibly the French-Italian SAMP/T. 该国还计划临时增值税增加0.8%,并设立特别国防基金,以弥补310亿法郎的短缺。 The country also plans a 0.8% temporary VAT increase and a special defense fund to cover a 31 billion franc shortfall.