Germany received its first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft at Berlin's main airport on Friday, with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius personally welcoming the naval jet designed to detect and combat Russian submarines in the North Atlantic.
The Boeing 737-based Poseidon arrived from the US via Iceland as the first of eight to be delivered by 2028 at a cost of €3.1 billion.
The aircraft can fly over 7,000 kilometre
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