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Rare earths are key inputs in weapons platforms such as the F-35 warplane as well as consumer products like electric vehicles and smartphones.—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025 Israel deployed warplanes and drones targeting Iranian nuclear sites and key generals and scientists, starting a 12-day war between the two countries in June.—Surina Venkat, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025 This refers to the 2015 incident in which a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber which had violated its airspace for 17 seconds in the first time a NATO member had downed a Russian warplane since the Korean War.—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Russian warplanes breach Estonian airspace Three Russian fighter jets crossed into Estonian airspace Friday, in another serious breach of NATO territory after Russia’s aerial incursion into Romania and Poland last week.—semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warplane
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