Thousands of items including luxury timepieces, reinforced Jaguar cars, helicopters and even a Harrier vertical take-off aircraft have gone on sale by Britain's Ministry of Defence to raise funds.
While Britain's armed forces are facing cuts as part of wider efforts to rein in public spending, the Ministry of Defence denied reports that the sale was to make up for a financial shortfall.
Among items reportedly on sale were watches including a Raymond Weil Tango, worth more than $1,000 and a Maurice Lacroix Miros Coussin Chronograph.
UK press reports described the sale via the government's own Disposal Services Authority and the private mod-sales.com websites as a "clear out of 007's warehouse."
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