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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