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Intel: UAE suspends F-35 talks over US security demands

Emirati officials head to the Pentagon on Wednesday for two days of strategic talks with Washington.
A US F-35A fighter jet lands at Chungju Air Base on March 29, 2019, in Chungju, South Korea.

The United Arab Emirates has suspended negotiations with the United States over a planned purchase of up to 50 F-35 stealth fighter jets and MQ-9B Reaper drones over Washington’s conditions for securing the technology.

The threat to cancel the deal was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. “Technical requirements, sovereign operational restrictions and cost/benefit analysis led to the reassessment,” an Emirati official told Reuters on Tuesday.

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