Word: dassault
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...modern military aircraft, the government has done little or nothing about getting them into production. ¶ France's chief fighter plane, the British-designed Vampire 5, now in production at a "normal rate," is obsolete. ¶ France's only up-to-date fighter plane, the Marcel Dassault 450, exists only in prototype form, will not be mass-produced until 1952. ¶ France has no bombers, has made no decisions about building any. ¶The government is less interested in military necessity than in coddling the aircraft industry, which has deliberately confused its bookkeeping to block sound checks...