Italy Could Halt F-35 Purchases

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Credit: USAF
LONDON—Italy could stop purchases of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the country’s new defense minister has warned. Elisabetta Trenta told an Italian TV station on July 6 that Rome would “not buy other F-35s” and was “considering whether to keep or cut existing contracts.” Trenta, who was appointed...

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