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ITALY AND FRANCE SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO BUILD FOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT FRIGATES

ROME, Italian and french ministers of Defense signed an agreement to build four "Horizon" anti-aircraft frigades. They will be manufactured by a joint-venture composed of italian Fincantieri and Finmeccanica and french Dcn and Thomson Csf. The contract is valued Euro 2,8B. The two new italian frigades will replace "Audace" units in 2007 and 2009. The two french, on the other hand, will replace the...

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Rome, Italy, 09/26/2000 12:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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