-Caveat Lector- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CHINA IS SAID TO PURCHASE FIGHTER JETS FROM RUSSIA [Posted 1 August 2002] Reprinted from Moscow Times, 30 July 2002 =======================================
We received the following from Prof. Peter Maher and thought it would be of interest to our readers. -- John Flaherty Headline: "China Eyes 30 Sukhoi Fighters" By Lyuba Pronina Staff Writer, Moscow Times [Russian] State arms dealer Rosoboronexport is near a deal to sell its top client China another batch of Sukhoi fighter jets, a top defense industry official said. Givi Dzhandzhgava, president of Tekhnocomplex, which supplies avionics for the Sukhoi's Su-30 series, said on the sidelines of the Farnborough International Airshow in England last week that China will buy around 30 Su-30MK2 naval fighters, on top of the 80 Su-30MKKs it bought in 1999 and last year. Dzhandzhgava declined to put a price tag on the deal, but analysts estimated it to be worth at least $1.2 billion. Neither Rosoboronexport nor Sukhoi could be reached for comment Monday. The Su-30MK2 is a modified version of the Su-30MKK. The biggest difference between the two models is that the Su-30MK2 is a naval striker equipped with X-31A anti-ship missiles, according to Valentin Kovinsky, chief designer at the Ramenskoye Instrument-Building Bureau, which is part of Tekhnocomplex. "It has been through the tests and is ready to be sold," Kovinsky said. The Zvezda-Strela Center in Korolyov makes the X-31A. Konstantin Makiyenko, deputy head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, said the deal would be "major" for Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Production Association, the maker of the plane. He said the deal would be "major" for China, too. "The Americans won't be roaming in the Taiwan Strait [after this deal]," he said. Makiyenko said buying 30 more Sukhoi fighters would give China a total of around 400. China took delivery of 26 Su-27SK/UBKs in 1992 and another 22 in 1995. Then, in 1996, China signed a contract to produce200 Su-27SKs under license. Makiyenko said the Chinese could be following a similar pattern, calling clinching a licensing contract for the Su-30MKK "a logical thing to do." (c) Moscow Times 2002 - Reprinted for Fair Use Only http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2002/07/30/041.html --- End forwarded message --- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
