BRUSSELS : Fighter Project Vote
Defense ministers of Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain are expected to give their go-ahead this week for the European Fighter Aircraft project, clearing the way for the largest such industrial enterprise on the Continent to continue. Action is expected at the regular meeting of NATO defense ministers Thursday and Friday.
Germany had wanted to cancel out of the multibillion-dollar project because it believed a Soviet threat no longer existed, but Defense Minister Volker Ruehe has apparently been persuaded to accept a cheaper aircraft.
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