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Saturday, November 26, 2005

MoD cuts equipment orders to save £700m
The U.K. government saved £700 million in the past year by cutting back on aircraft and missiles.

The number of new Nimrod MRA4 was cut to 12 from 18 and extra weapons' capabilities for the F-35 was removed.

The orders for Meteor air-to-air missiles were cut too.

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