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Europe Live Tuesday 21st May 2013

Increasing capabilities in terms the air to air refuelling of military planes

26th March 2012

On 22nd March the 27 EU Defence Ministers signed a "political declaration" that stresses "the need to develop innovative, economic, flexible solutions in a difficult financial context" in the area of air to air refuelling. This project, which is complicated to implement, is one of the initiatives supported by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to encourage countries to strengthen together their military capabilities whilst the USA is partially disengaging from the continent. "Developing air to air refuelling capabilities is believed to be a priority in Europe," stressed Claude-France Arnould, EDA Director.

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