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Old 6th Jul 2020, 12:23
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Originally Posted by ORAC
No, but it would allow them to drop the current, mainly unadvertised, agreement whereby the RAF has overflight rights and performs the Air Policing role inside Irish airspace.......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland–NATO_relations
Hurrah, I was waiting for someone to come up with air policing. There are many reasons for having interceptors in addition shooting down aircraft with hostile intent. If you are intercepting an errant civilian aircraft you probably won't need a primary radar system.
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