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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Bangladesh signs deal to buy fighter jets from China

J-7 (Jianjiji-7) / F-7


Bangladesh has signed a 93.6 mln usd deal with China to procure 16 fighter jets for its air force, the country's acting defence minister said.

Each fighter plane will cost 5.85 mln usd, Hafizuddin Ahmed, the country's water resources minister who is also acting minister of defence, told the national parliament, according to the state-run BSS news agency.

The minister did not indicate what kind of planes are being bought but Lieutenant-Colonel Nazrul Islam, spokesman for the country's armed forces, identified them as F-7 fighter jets.

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