Libya has signed a deal with Russia for procurement of the the S-300PMU-2 (SA-20B Gargoyle) long-range SAM, along with a squadron of 15 Su-35 Flankers, along with 4-8 Su-30MK conversion trainers and Yak-130 jet trainers.
Posted on 02/04/2010 5:18:47 PM PST by myknowledge
Libyan defense minister Younis Jaber arrived in Moscow Tuesday, Jan. 26 to sign a $2 billion military acquisitions deal that makes his country the first in the Middle East to obtain the top-of-the-line S-300 PMU-2 interceptors which Russia is holding back from Iran.
debkafile's military sources report that Tripoli has purchased two brigades of four missile batteries each, conditional on their delivery by the end of 2010.
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Libya has signed a deal with Russia for procurement of the the S-300PMU-2 (SA-20B Gargoyle) long-range SAM, along with a squadron of 15 Su-35 Flankers, along with 4-8 Su-30MK conversion trainers and Yak-130 jet trainers.
Maybe I'll pitch a tent out back, move me and the family into it, wear a headress and act weird
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All DEBKA articles need to be taken with a large grain of salt.
I know, but Libya and al-Gaddafi is making a large arms deal since the Soviet Union’s collapse.
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