Friday, June 17, 2011

"Marines to harvest U.K. Harriers for spares"

By Philip Ewing

"The Marine Corps will buy some 40 British Harrier GR7s and GR9s to cannibalize their parts for its fleet of AV-8Bs, according to a report in The Telegraph newspaper, and some British defense types are angry the U.K. didn’t get a better deal. After the Ministry of Defence spent around £1 billion to upgrade and sustain its now-decommissioned Harrier fleet, the United States is reportedly buying them for £34 million — a little more than $55 million."

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