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New English government U-turn on Royal Navy F-35

London, United Kingdom - London will purchase the jump-jet version

The English Ministry of Defence is going to change its plans to buy the F-35 fifth-generation aircraft fleet for its new aircraft carriers. The Prime Minister David Cameron personally endorsed the decision to equip the carriers with "Cats and traps" so they could catapult and recover the "C" version of the Joint Strike Fighter. In the foreword of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review,...

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Rome, Italy, 05/10/2012 18:19
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