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| Southeast Asia |
| Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets |
| 2022-11-05 |
| [NEWAGEBD] Myanmar’s military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said on Friday, the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes. In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s military purchased six Sukhoi Su-30s from Russia, according to Russian state media reports. Satellite data, reports from flight spotters and a closed source have ’now confidently confirmed’ the presence of at least one of the jets in the military-built capital Naypyidaw ...generally translated as royal capital, seat of the kingor abode of kingsbecause the general in charge had a massive ego. It was founded in 2002 because Rangoon was worn out. Traditionally, Naypyidaw was used as a suffix to the names of royal capitals, such as Mandalay, which was called Yadanabon Naypyidaw in Burmese... , said Myanmar Witness, a monitoring group. It did not say whether the jet was in training or flown on active missions. Local media have previously reported between four and six of the multi-role twin-seat fighters had arrived in the country, accompanied by Russian trainers and technicians. The military has not commented on the sale or how many of the jets are in Myanmar. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Myanmar, huh? Wonder what the maintenance program will look like. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-11-05 20:58 |
| #1 Rock bottom prices. Top dollar for trade-ins. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-11-05 11:28 |