Denmark to recommend purchase of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet
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COPENHAGEN, May 12 (Reuters) - The Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said on Thursday that his government recommended purchasing F-35 stealth fighters built by U.S. company Lockheed Martin Corp.
The government expects spending about 20 billion Danish crowns ($3.07 billion) on the purchase, he said.
Reuters had reported on Wednesday that Denmark's government would recommend the purchase of at least 27 F-35 stealth fighters.
($1 = 6.5217 Danish crowns) (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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