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Italy considers cutting F-35 fighter jet order
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/uk-italy-defence-idUKBREA2G0A120140317Italy considers cutting F-35 fighter jet order
ROME
Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:07am GMT
(Reuters) - Italy may cut its order for 90 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets as part of broad reductions in public spending, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said late on Sunday.
Renzi said Italy was seeking 3 billion euros ($4.18 billion)in savings on its defence budget over the next three years from closing barracks and from big-ticket items like the F-35.
"We will continue with our international programmes, we will continue with a strong air force but that programme will be revised," he said in an interview on Canale 5 television.
The order, scheduled to cost some 11.8 billion euros over 45 years from 2015, has been the subject of prolonged uncertainty as successive governments have sought to bring strained public finances under control.
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