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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

China to Re-Export Russian Jet Engine


FC-1 / JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft

The Russian Federal Military Technology Cooperation Service has permitted China to re-export Russian RD-93 fighter jet engines as part of FC-1 Chinese-Pakistani planes to six countries, including Algeria, which, until now, has only bought Russian jets.

Besides Pakistan and Algeria, the countries that will receive the planes are Egypt, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia.

The presence of Algeria on the list was unexpected.

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