Alpha Jet deal hit by nuclear-test issue

1995-08-09T00:00:00

AUSTRALIA HAS dropped the Dassault Alpha Jet ATS from the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) $740 million lead-in fighter contest as part of an escalating row over French plans to conduct a series of nuclear tests in the South Pacific.

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