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UK SDSR outlines P-8 buy
The UK has confirmed that it will buy nine new Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft as part of a £178 billion investment in defence equipment and support over the next decade.
Plans to buy nine aircraft and other equipment will be formally unveiled in the government’s strategic defence and security ...
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