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Load More...The "17 types of tanks in Europe" tale: not getting dead ;-) https://twitter.com/EP_Defence/status/1278620538760560642
“In Europe, e.g., we have 17 different types of tank. The US has one”, said French minister @florence_parly in @EP_Defence today talking about EU´s need to mutualize the costs of its defence industry.
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📽️ https://bit.ly/2NQDEQOThanks for that hint. You are right. However, the member states of the EATC are already included in our table (except for Luxembourg ;-) ). These are partly the same aircraft. @Paulpryce
@offiziere It looks that there is a missing piece...
Italy is part of European Air Transportation Command (EATC) which can deploy many aircraft; including A-400M.
So said, even partecipation in NATO's SAC and/or SALIS would be a good solution for Italy@riskparty63 @CentreAST @Havergoe @KCH_Jans @mestrate @merlino @sebastienroblin
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