NATO to buy 6 more ‘eyes in the sky’ planes to update its surveillance capability
Associated PressBRUSSELS — NATO announced Wednesday it has opted to buy six new E-7A Wedgetail surveillance planes built by U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing as the 31-nation military alliance looks to update its eyes in the sky in coming years. But their large fuselage-mounted radar domes can detect aircraft hundreds of miles away and they remain useful to monitor Russia’s war on Ukraine from NATO’s eastern flank. “Surveillance and control aircraft are crucial for NATO’s collective defense,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement announcing the move. “By pooling resources, Allies can buy and operate major assets collectively that would be too expensive for individual countries to purchase.” Apart from the AWACS aircraft and a small fleet of surveillance drones, NATO as an organization does not own any military equipment.
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