PARIS/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -France’s Thales and its partners are talking to several European and other nations about potential new SAMP/T deals after Denmark picked the Franco-Italian air defence system over the U.S. Patriot, a senior Thales executive said.

“Air defence is clearly becoming a priority across Europe, not only the eastern part,” Herve Dammann, Executive Vice-President for Land and Air Systems, told reporters on Monday.

Prospects include not only countries that have publicly voiced interest, like Greece and Belgium, but other unidentified markets, he told a briefing on Denmark’s SAMP/T purchase.

Air defences are in focus after Poland shot down suspected Russian drones in its airspace with the backing of aircraft from NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western allia

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