NATO to replace AWACS surveillance jets with modified Boeing 737
Publicat:NATO will replace its ageing fleet of AWACS surveillance planes, in service since the Cold War in the 1980s, with a militarised version of the Boeing 737 commercial jet, the alliance said on Wednesday, in a deal likely worth billions of euros, according to Reuters. Acting like a flying radar tower, the AWACS (Airborne Warning […] The post NATO to replace AWACS surveillance jets with modified Boeing 737 appeared first on Știri online, ultimele știri, presa online, ziar online - Sursazilei.ro .
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