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Saturday, August 03, 2013

France clips Rafale's wings, hopes for first export order

Dassault RafaleFrance will about halve its purchases of Dassault Rafale jet fighter planes over the next six years, under defence estimates on Friday, and is counting on at last clinching the first sales abroad to keep production lines going.

French officials say that among potential clients are India, Qatar, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil.

The government, struggling to curb public spending, also made clear that there will be no change to the French independent nuclear deterrent which successive governments have treated as a vital issue of national defence.

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