-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! INDIA AND RUSSIA SIGN $3bn FIGHTER JET CONTRACT 22:02 Thursday 28 December 2000 Russia and India have signed a $3 billion contract for India to produce a leading-edge Russian jet fighter under licence, the largest single arms contract ever signed between the two countries. The contract calls for Russia's Irkutsk Aviation enterprise to help India's Hindustan Aeronautics produce 140 Su-30MKI jets over the next 17 years. The slender, twin-engine aircraft is a multi-role fighter that Russia began design work on in 1991, and first demonstrated at an airshow in 1994. The aircraft is noteworthy for a unique design feature that allows the nozzles of the two jet engines to swivel, giving the pilot another method to control the plane along with flaps. In demonstration flights, pilots have flown the aircraft through graceful loops and brought it to a near standstill in the air using the swivel jets, showing a degree of maneuverability unusual for a supersonic aircraft. Dating back to Soviet times, India has purchased copious supplies of weapons from Russia, including large weapons systems such as submarines and surface ships. India has already purchased Su-30 MKI jets from Russia and equipped them with avionics and weapons systems from other countries. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
