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Russia to 'donate' 10 MiG-29 jet fighters to Lebanon
rian.ru ^ | 12/16/08

Posted on 12/16/2008 12:52:22 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will supply Lebanon with 10 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov.

Serdyukov said Moscow had received a weapons procurement list from the Lebanese armed forces which would be considered in the near future.

He added that the fighter deliveries would provide a fresh impetus to military cooperation between the two countries.

A member of the Lebanese delegation said the aircraft would be provided "as aid."

According to inside sources privy to the deal, the warplanes "will be sold at a hefty discount."

Media reports say the Lebanese Air Force is in a deplorable state with virtually no airworthy planes.

Currently the Air Force is equipped with Bell UH-1 Iroquois combat helicopters, developed back in the 1950s, and Robinson R44 Raven II civilian helicopters, all of which were supplied by the United States.

In 2007, Beirut took delivery of nine SA342L Gazelle helicopters from the United Arab Emirates.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aerospace; lebanon; mohammedanism; mohammedanism122008; russia
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1 posted on 12/16/2008 12:52:22 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Great!. Who’s gonna drive’em?


2 posted on 12/16/2008 12:53:18 PM PST by RexBeach ("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Targets - Thanks. USAF.


3 posted on 12/16/2008 12:53:55 PM PST by TNoldman (Conservative Values FOREVER!)
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To: TNoldman

I would bet the IAF beats us to them.


4 posted on 12/16/2008 12:55:03 PM PST by east1234 (It's the borders stupid! My new enviromentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Russia will supply Lebanon with 10 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters

minor spelling correction: Russia will supply Syria with 10 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters.

5 posted on 12/16/2008 12:55:25 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: RexBeach
Great!. Who’s gonna drive’em?

russian advisers?
6 posted on 12/16/2008 12:56:05 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg
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To: TNoldman

That’s what I was thinking - without good pilots, they might as well stay on the ground for target practice.


7 posted on 12/16/2008 12:57:05 PM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

Bingo!


8 posted on 12/16/2008 12:57:25 PM PST by MahatmaGandu (Remember, remember, the twenty-sixth of November.)
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To: Dixie Yooper
minor spelling correction: Russia will supply Syria with 10 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters.

Further correction: Russia will supply the IAF with 10 manned airborne target drones.
9 posted on 12/16/2008 12:57:25 PM PST by JamesP81 (Let the Great RINO Hunt of 2009 begin)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Junk plane with good radio.


10 posted on 12/16/2008 12:57:25 PM PST by Azeem (The world will look up and shout "Save us!"... And I'll whisper "No.")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

At a guess, these are ‘tripwires’ for any strike from Israel against Iran.


11 posted on 12/16/2008 12:59:12 PM PST by Centurion2000 (To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
MiG-29
Russian Air Force MiG-29.
Role Air-superiority fighter, multirole fighter
National origin Soviet Union
Russia
Manufacturer Mikoyan
First flight 6 October 1977
Introduced August 1983
Status Active service
Primary users Russian Air Force
Ukrainian Air Force
Algerian Air Force
Indian Air Force
Produced 1982–present
Number built 1,257+
Variants Mikoyan MiG-29M
Mikoyan MiG-35

12 posted on 12/16/2008 12:59:38 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Russia never gives me any warplanes.

(sniffle)

13 posted on 12/16/2008 12:59:45 PM PST by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: JamesP81

I wonder what lucky comrades get to fly those for delivery?


14 posted on 12/16/2008 1:00:03 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

They will make fine practice targets for the Israeli Air Force in the event they pose a threat it Israel.


15 posted on 12/16/2008 1:01:51 PM PST by HD1200
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To: JamesP81

Good thing for lebanese fighter pilots the Mig-29 Fulcrum is the world best fighter plane in a close dogfight. The bad thing for lebanese fighter pilots: They will never get so close to gain this experiance.


16 posted on 12/16/2008 1:01:55 PM PST by buzzer
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Awwww man!

I bet they’re going to give them the one they promised ME!

What a bunch of jerks!


17 posted on 12/16/2008 1:02:58 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Lebanon has no natural resources. What’s in it for Russia?


18 posted on 12/16/2008 1:05:04 PM PST by ConservativeMind (What's "Price Gouging"? Should government force us to sell to the 15th highest bidder on eBay?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Anyone else scared sh*tless over a war with Russia and the rest of the world that hates us with Obama at the helm?

I can see it now, all the loony libs “But the world was going to love us now?”


19 posted on 12/16/2008 1:06:16 PM PST by autumnraine
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To: ConservativeMind

Ports.............


20 posted on 12/16/2008 1:08:16 PM PST by Red Badger (Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
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