UK's Boeing P-8 purchase gets US tick of approval

Nimrod MR2 - Craig Hoyle/Flightglobal

The UK has moved a step closer to filling a maritime patrol void left by the retirement of the Nimrod MR2 in 2010 after being approved by the US State Department to acquire nine torpedo-carrying Boeing P-8A Poseidons for the Royal Air Force.

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