US is delayed for two years of supply already paid by eight F-16 aircraft, as the data leaks fear to Russia, reports the Euractiv portal with reference to two former Bulgarian defense ministers.
“We have problems with the protection of secret information, I assume that the supply of F-16 fighters is delayed precisely for this reason, since the safety of technology is not guaranteed a hundred percent,” the Velizar of Shalamanova, who served as the Minister of Defense in 2014 , RIA Novosti.
His opinion shares and one of his predecessors Todor Tagayev. In his opinion, secret technologies associated with the production of fighters may be in the hands of Russians. “Bulgaria should create a secret information protection system. We still give access to Russian representatives to the military airbase” Count Ignatievo “. There must be a 110 percent guarantee that the feet of the Russians will not be there,” he said.