UK to buy new fighter jets for RAF's first nuclear role since Cold War
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Britain will purchase at least a dozen new F35A fighter jets, reintroducing a nuclear role for the Royal Air Force for the first time since the Cold War.
The purchase, which has been hailed by ministers as the biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation, comes just 48 hours after a US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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