And the strength, lightness, high melting point and ability to resist corrosion of titanium make it an ideal material for building aircraft parts, supercars and medical implants but it can cost 50 times as much as steel.

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The material was sent by civilian aircraft instead.

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Swedish aircraft carried out a lot of airborne surveillance but couldn't upload the material into NATO's intelligence systems.

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