AWACS aircraft to patrol skies during World Cup

Nato will have AWACS surveillance planes patrolling the skies over Germany during the World Cup, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said today.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2006 - 12:00

Nato will have AWACS surveillance planes patrolling the skies over Germany during the World Cup, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said today.

“Such a major event has a potential for danger,” Jung told reporters after meeting with Nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at alliance headquarters in Brussels.

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