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The German parliamentary committee tasked with defence gave the approval on Wednesday for two key military projects to expand air defence in Germany. The defence committee members voted in favour of purchasing an Israeli long-range air defence system and a short-range German system. The Bundestag’s defence committee reached a broad cross-party agreement on buying Israel’s Arrow 3 and the German Iris-T, participants said after the closed meeting. Both systems are to be financed by the €100 million ($108 million) special fund announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz last year in response to the Russi…