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Thursday, May 08, 2014

Defence committee says half F-35 fighter jet program

F-35 Lightning IIThe Lower House defence committee on Wednesday okayed a controversial 50% cut to the government's budget for the F-35 fighter jet.

Allies including the United States have urged Italy to maintain its plans to buy 90 of the aircraft which cost an estimated $200 million each.

The decision was split, as members of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) party voted against the cuts, members of Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD) voted in favour, and some committee members abstained.

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