The Russians are selling stealth fighters to India, in large part because the US wouldn't sell them F22s.
Russian plane maker, Sukhoi, has announced it will build more than 1,000 stealth fighter jets within four decades, many of them for India.
India, a traditional weapons buyer from Sukhoi, is interested in the new fighter plane from Sukhoi, the T50, which is the equivalent of the US F-22 Raptor, which was built more than a decade ago.
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The Chinese are offloading planes to the
Venezuela has received its first shipment of six Chinese-made K-8 military planes, and President Hugo Chavez says his government aims to buy 40 in all. Chavez announced plans last year to buy the trainer and light attack jets.
Chavez reiterated Saturday that he turned to China and Russia for weapons because the United States has barred arms sales to Venezuela. Several planes flew overhead during the ceremony at an air base in the city of Barquisimeto.
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The US has handed over four patrol boats to the Ghana Navy.
The United States Government on Saturday, presented four speed patrol boats to the Ghana Navy, to help ensure maritime safety and security.
Ms Julie Furuta-Toy, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Ghana presented certificates on the boats to Lieutenant-General Joseph Henry Smith (rtd), Minister of Defense, at a ceremony at the Western Naval Command in Sekondi.
Lt-General Smith thanked the US Government for the gift, which he said is an expression of the cordial relationship between the two countries and hoped the friendship between the two countries would be further strengthened.
He spoke of the economic, social and security assistance the country has received from US government over the years, saying that, Ghana had received security assistance such as the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and the African Contingency Training Assistance (ACOTA) programmes.
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