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Video. Is Belgium too small a country to use its new fighter jets?

Updated: 30/10/2025 - 12:03 GMT+1

French media have been mocking Belgium for buying fighter jets that it will be unable to use for training exercises due to its airspace being too small, but this has always been taken into account, according to Belgian authorities.

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