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2005-04-16 Africa: Subsaharan
Zimbabwe Acquires Six New Chinese Fighters
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Posted by Pappy 2005-04-16 6:59:43 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Official figures showed Zimbabwe’s inflation rate fell to 123.7% in March, down 3.5% from February, the government-controlled Daily Herald said. How can they tell?

And I have to assume China sold the jets on credit -- isn't all of what's left of Zimbabwe's reserves in the private off-shore accounts of Bob and his buddies? Another straw for the camel's back that is the Chinese economy, yes?
Posted by trailing wife 2005-04-16 10:16:08 PM||   2005-04-16 10:16:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 China has also been flooding Zimbabwean markets with cheap goods, signed 'leases' on several farms, and is likely providing training to the armed forces beyond that of operating the jets. Most likely there are Chinese support personnel for the aircraft.
Posted by Pappy 2005-04-16 10:28:10 PM||   2005-04-16 10:28:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The USAF is still the largest distributor of MiG and MiG copy parts in the world. Used parts that is...
Posted by badanov  2005-04-16 11:13:13 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org]  2005-04-16 11:13:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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