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Italy Supports Saudi Arabia Joining Fighter-Jet Program, PM Meloni Says

The U.K., Italy and Japan have already partnered on the Global Combat Air Programme, which aims to put a new stealth fighter with supersonic capability in the skies by 2035.

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Italy Supports Saudi Arabia Joining Fighter-Jet Program, PM Meloni SaysThe U.K., Italy and Japan have already partnered on the Global Combat Air Programme, which aims to put a new stealth fighter with supersonic capability in the skies by 2035.
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