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Friday, November 21, 2008

Typhoons For Sale as UK, Italy Try to Offload Tranche 3

As negotiations continue between Eurofighter and the four European partner nations over the Tranche 3 buy, reports are proliferating that Italy and the UK are trying to offload their previously planned purchases to third parties.

British newspapers have reported that Oman might take 24 Typhoons and Saudi Arabia up to 48 more, adding to the 72 that the Kingdom has already purchased.

The UK is theoretically committed to buying another 88 Typhoons in Tranche 3, for a total of 232, but the British defense procurement budget is severely strained.

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