19th January 2021 - 12:58 GMT | by Tim Martin in London RSS
Links between China and repurposed Boeing 737 aircraft are not thought to represent a national security threat for the UK, despite a national newspaper suggesting otherwise.
The UK MoD has defended the
acquisition of two repurposed Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, previously
used by commercial airline operators in China and Hong Kong, which are set to
form part of a larger fleet of three to five E-7 Wedgetail AEW Mk1 platforms.
Despite a 16 January .
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