|
 Germany's
Federal Security Council (FSC) authorized long-awaited Krauss Maffei
Wegmann to ship a Leopard IIA6 main battle tank to Turkey for
extensive trials in the lead-up to the award of a hotly-competed
contract to supply about 1,000 modern tanks worth up to $8 billion
under the Tank2000 project. The Leopard IIA6 will start its trials
in January 10th, 2000 and complete tight
demonstrations on hard topography of Turkey until the mid-2000. This
decision immediately caused a domestic furors and protests by the
junior coalition Green Party.
Click to return the Tank-2000 News Headlines
|
