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Subject: FYI: Syrian MIG-31E
DarthAmerica    3/30/2009 3:03:57 PM
DiD is reporting that this aircraft, 5, are being delivered to the Syrians. It also says a MIG-29 variant closely matching the specifications of the MIG-35 offered to India are being sold as well. Any thoughts on how these aircraft change the dynamic of Syrian Airforce capabilities? -DA
 
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warpig       5/21/2009 4:05:15 PM

Hello. Here I am ressuscitating, Jastayme3-style, a long-forgotten thread, since this matter is making headlines again with a new development....

Yesss, I do know that Debka.com is supposed to be the National Enquirer of military and strategic affairs, but this here story of theirs doesn't seem too unlikely for a change, does it?

Syria certainly cannot afford this US$ 1B deal, and Iran is getting cold feet as the oil prices remain, uh, reasonable.

An angle that debka has probably overlooked is that this lavish funding of the much-despised Ay-rabs by the Mullah regime is quite unpopular in the Iranian polity, and that Ahmadinutjob should rather sit on his wallet until he is sure he got reelected.  




 
 
And the return volley:
 
RSK MiG Representative: A Contract for the Delivery of MiG-31 Fighters to Syria Does not Exist

Russia has not signed a contract for the delivery to Syria of MiG-31Eh (export) fighter interceptors, an official representative of the Russian Airplane Building Corporation (RSK) MiG declared.

"A contract for the delivery to Syrian of MiG-31 fighter interceptors has not been signed. Such a contract simply does not exist. ((*)) The media entered into this contract in 2007, and it was they who canceled it in 2009," the RSK MiG representative told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday.

A number of media has reported earlier that Russia had broken the contract for the delivery to Syria of eight MiG-31Eh fighter interceptors.

((* - The Russian used here is V PRIRODE. In the headline it is SUSHCHESTVUET V PRIRODE. The use of V PRIRODE can add the sense of "in principle" to the translation.))

Source: 20.05.09, Interfax
 
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warpig    Bump   3/20/2010 5:43:15 PM
Now here's a thread near-and-dear to my professional heart, one that I think was an exemplary exchange between knowledgable professionals and interested amateurs alike.  It was scrolling dangerously close to the bit-bucket precipice, so now it is alive again for as long as it takes to wander down to the bottom of the list!
 
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