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Afghanistan: "The Apache and the A-10 proved great against the Talibans, we will buy them"

Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan Defence Ministry would intend to purchase a certain number of AH-64 helicopters and Warthog airplanes

Proposals put forward by Afghan Ministry of Defence in order to start a careful modernization process for its armed forces, after the first partial reorganization within the democratization procedure, not only appear ambitious but also quite unusual. Two US aerial vehicles seem to have particularly struck the competent personnel in Afghanistan by considering the results achieved against the Talibans...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 114971
Rome, Italy, 02/23/2005 17:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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