a mig -29pic from wikipedia
"sri lanka is in advanced talks with russia over the procurement of five mig-29 fighter aircraf" says jane's.
see here for present sri lanka air force fleet.
questions that should be asked about this purchase concern their utility and cost effectiveness; what are they for? how will they help in the fight against ltte terrorists? can sl afford them? etc. ( i do not have the expertise to discuss them)
but instead this latest purchase will almost certainly lead to another round of politically motivated and unsubstantiated hot air about corruption. in blogosphere, bloggers like that hypocrite indi (who continues to be in denial about his other blog under name padashow) are likely to parrot idiotic allegations about corruption, even though almost everything he said about mig-27 deal was false. well i suppose hypocrites will remain hypocrites and as they say there is no cure for idiocy.
some useful and related links
mcns
mod
sl air force
defence net blog
defencewire
a blog about sl air force
yes i am back. sort of. "project" which took me away is almost finished successfully. :-) will get back to form here in the next few weeks
"sri lanka is in advanced talks with russia over the procurement of five mig-29 fighter aircraf" says jane's.
see here for present sri lanka air force fleet.
questions that should be asked about this purchase concern their utility and cost effectiveness; what are they for? how will they help in the fight against ltte terrorists? can sl afford them? etc. ( i do not have the expertise to discuss them)
but instead this latest purchase will almost certainly lead to another round of politically motivated and unsubstantiated hot air about corruption. in blogosphere, bloggers like that hypocrite indi (who continues to be in denial about his other blog under name padashow) are likely to parrot idiotic allegations about corruption, even though almost everything he said about mig-27 deal was false. well i suppose hypocrites will remain hypocrites and as they say there is no cure for idiocy.
some useful and related links
mcns
mod
sl air force
defence net blog
defencewire
a blog about sl air force
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yes i am back. sort of. "project" which took me away is almost finished successfully. :-) will get back to form here in the next few weeks
