15 June 2004 03:53
Business in Brief: $43M MiG
Contract
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- MiG on Friday signed a $43 million contract with the Slovak Defense Ministry to upgrade 12
fighter jets, news agencies reported.
"After the modernization, these planes will be able to operate another 10 years at least," Chinese news
agency Xinhua quoted Slovak air force Commander Jozef Dunaj as saying. "A Russian analysis even says that they may
operate another 30 years. The costs of the modernization are very low," he said.
Dunaj added that the planes would operate within NATO's air defense system.
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[The Moscow Times] |
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