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Swiss voters split on $6.5 billion purchase of fighter jets: TV

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ZURICH - Swiss voters were evenly split on Sunday on the government's plan to spend up to 6 billion Swiss francs on new fighter jets, projections for broadcaster SRF based on partial results showed. Approving funding in the binding referendum would let the government decide next year among the Eurofighter from Airbus, the Rafale from France's Dassault, Boeing's F/A-18

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Swiss voters approve $6.5 billion purchase of fighter jets

Swiss voters backed the government's plan to spend up to 6 billion Swiss francs ($6.46 billion) on new fighter jets in a surprisingly close referendum that was won with a 50.2% majority, official results showed on Sunday. Opinion polls had shown the plan would easily win approval in a country where

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Swiss voters split on $6.5 billion purchase of fighter jets: TV

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Swiss voters split on $6.5 billion purchase of fighter jets

ZURICH - Swiss voters were evenly split on Sunday on the government's plan to spend up to 6 billion Swiss francs (5.07 billion pounds) on new fighter jets, projections for broadcaster SRF based on partial results showed.

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Swiss Citizens Have Just Given The Go Ahead To The Purchase of New Fighter Jets For The Air Force

With a really thin margin of just 9,000 votes, Swiss citizens have approved the multi-billion procurement of new fighter jets to replace both the F-5 and F/A-18 jets in service today. The majority …

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