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Saturday, February 07, 2009

One-third Russian fighter jets old and unsafe

MiG-29About one-third of all Russian fighter jets should be written off as obsolete because they are unable to fly, the Kommersant business daily reported on Friday, quoting defense ministry and military officials.

Russia grounded all of its MiG-29 fighter jets last December after two of the aircraft crashed near the same airfield in eastern Siberia in just as many months. One pilot died.

Flights of MiG-29s have resumed since then, but hundreds are simply too old even to take off, Kommersant said.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous7/2/09 12:02

    I guess they need a "Rang De Basanti" of their own..

    Look it up on wiki

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