BREAKING : Croatia reportedly selects the Rafale

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The Croatian government has decided to buy 12 used French F3R Rafale fighter jets, Jutarnji list has learned unofficially from well-informed sources. The decision should be made by the Government for Armed Forces Day on the 28th of May. It is a twin-engine fighter plane and, as we find out, the oldest plane that would be delivered to Croatia is 10 years old.

According to available information, Croatia would pay just under a billion euros for the entire package, which includes planes, training and weapons.

At today's session of the Defense Council, support was given to the Government for the purchase of a fighter jet. President Zoran Milanovic in the Croatia barracks said a little later that the government had not been given a recommendation on what type of aircraft to buy, but hoped "that he and the prime minister understood each other well". Asked if he knew which plane we were buying, he replied "No comment".

Following the official decision of the Government to accept the French offer, negotiations on the contract follow. If the contract were signed this year, France would deliver the first six planes in 2024, and the remaining six a year later. President Milanović, on the other hand, said that planes must be in Croatia by 2024 at the latest.

Jutarnji doznaje: Hrvatska kupuje francuske borbene avione Rafale, evo koliko će koštati

Ukoliko bi ugovor bio potpisan ove godine, Francuska bi prvih šest aviona isporučila 2024. godine

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