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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Russia to gift Lebanon with arms, military supplies to bolster army

Mi-24 HindRussia will be giving Lebanon a free, unconditional gift of arms and military supplies to strengthen the Lebanese army, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri this week.

The gift will include six Mi-24 attack helicopters, 31 T-72 tanks, 36 130-millimeter artillery pieces and 500,000 shells to be used by existing Lebanese artillery.

Lebanon has no real air force, aside from 30 helicopters and a few British jets from the 1950s, so it will need to train its soldiers to use the tanks and helicopters.

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