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Does this mean that the Lebanese are returning to having more fixed-wing assets other than those Hawker Hunters they resurrected recently? Looks like someone is insecure about having the IAF drop in anytime and unchallenged at that.
Russia To Deliver 10 MiG-29s to Lebanon
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3867152&c=EUR&s=AIR
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 16 Dec 19:06 EST (00:06 GMT)
MOSCOW - Russia has agreed to deliver 10 Russian MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon, the Lebanese defence minister said Dec. 16.
"Russia has agreed to deliver to Lebanon 10 MiG-29 fighter jets," Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Murr said during talks with Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, quoted by Russian news agencies.
He did not disclose any financial details or say whether Lebanon would be purchasing or leasing the fighter jets.
Serdyukov added that that Russia "had received a list of the requirements of the Lebanese armed forces and is ready to examine them in the near future."