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Russia Starts Delivery of Sophisticated Fighter Jets to Syria


[AP/International Herald Tribune] The business daily Kommersant said that Russia had begun delivering five MiG-31E jets under a US$1 billion deal apparently negotiated during Syrian President Bashar Assad's trip to Moscow last autumn. The contract with Syria will be the first export deal for the MiG-31E, an interceptor fighter capable of flying at nearly three times the speed of sound and simultaneously shooting several targets at ranges of over 110 miles away.
2007-06-19 01:00:00
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