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Greek Prime Minister Says Country Wants to Join F-35 Jet Programme
2020-01-08
[SPUTNIKNEWS] Greece is very interested in joining the US-led program to produce and procure the F-35 fifth-generation fighter jet, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told US President Donald Trump.
Now that the Turks are out of it...
"Greece is interested, Mr. President, in participating in the F-35 programme", Mitsotakis said during a meeting with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. "As you know, we are already upgrading our F-16s and that program will be completed in 2023-2024. So we are very much interested in participating in the F-35 after that".

Mitsotakis expressed hope that in reviewing Greece’s request the United States will take into consideration the fact that Greece was "coming out of the economic crisis".
"Charge us wholesale?"
Greece has suffered years of severe economic crisis and imposed a policy of fiscal austerity to offset widespread mismanagement, waste, and corruption, including in the defence sector.

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 aircraft is a fifth-generation stealth multirole fighter. It is considered the most expensive weapons program in history, with a projected life cycle cost of between $1 trillion and $1.5 trillion.
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Posted by:Fred

#3  oh Neville, you've made my day.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-01-08 08:32  

#2  Thumb in the eye for the Turks if they getit.
Posted by: Neville Glolutch8436   2020-01-08 02:26  

#1  Cash on the barrelhead. No drachmae.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-08 01:09  

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