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Norway ready to purchase six additional F-35 aircraft

Oslo, Norway - Oslo increases the Defence budget for 2014

The Norwegian government presented to the Parliament a budget proposal for 2014 which includes the purchase of six additional F-35 aircraft, on top of the 52 which were initially ordered: it would be an increase of about 7.38 billion NOK (910 million Euros) compared with the initial operation. The Ministry for Defence of Norway had announced in 2008 the intention of buying 52 F-35 aircraft for an...

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Rome, Italy, 10/15/2013 10:58
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