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Italy-France: Mirages and Vipers "Visiting each other" against terrorism

Paris, France - A bilateral agreement for the authorization to access each other air space by their own military aircraft to chase suspicious airplanes

Italy and France achieved an agreement to reinforce anti-terrorism measures by the employment of combat aircraft from the respective air forces. Due to prospective emergency or danger circumstances, such as in the case of commercial airplanes hijacking with a risk of kamikaze attacks, the two states’ air forces fighters are allowed to chase the suspicious vehicle (or whose hostile intention has been m...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 128288
Rome, Italy, 10/05/2005 13:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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