Déjà vu reigns in Croatia

21st September 2020 - 15:51 GMT | by Alexander Mladenov, Krassimir Grozev in Sofia

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The Croatian government is to choose between four offers in its latest attempt to run a government-to-government tender for 12 fighter aircraft.

Offers came from France, Israel, Sweden and the US. The latter two are proposing new-build solutions – respectively, the F-16 Block 70 and Gripen C/D. In contrast, France (with Rafale) and Israel (with the F-16C/D Barak 2020) are touting second-hand aircraft.

In January, Croatia issued an RfP to seven countries considered as possible suppliers of new and second-hand multirole fighters, with an original deadline of 7 May. In April, however, the programme was temporarily suspended by

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Alexander Mladenov

Alexander Mladenov is a Shephard correspondent based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Krassimir Grozev

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