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Britain to spend £787m on air-to-ground missiles from the US
British Army Air Corps Ground Crew reload a Hellfire Missile onto an AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

BRITAIN is set to splurge an estimated £787 million on air-to-ground missiles from the US.

The US State Department announced on Tuesday that it had approved a request from Britain to buy 3,000 AGM-179 missiles from arms giant Lockheed Martin. 

The sale is part of a package of weaponry that will also be delivered to Nato allies Finland and Lithuania.

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