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Ireland’s lack of a primary radar or national air policing mission has come to light in recent years as Russian strategic bombers have appeared in nearby airspace.

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LONDON—The Irish government says it will consider a report that urges the country to consider acquiring combat aircraft to provide a national air policing capability. Dublin should consider the potential purchase of a squadron of “jet combat aircraft” to provide the country with an “air combat and…

 

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