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Europe to fill gaps left by US in Nato defence plans, Reuters reports
Nato will announce that European members have filled almost all gaps left by the US in the alliance’s defence plans at next week’s Ankara summit. The main gap involves strategic bombers, as the US will provide only one aircraft instead of two.
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