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Government of Iraq ready to buy the Czech L-159 trainer-light attack jet aircraft 1210121.
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Government
of Iraq ready to buy the Czech L-159 trainer-light attack jet aircraft.
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The Iraqi
government intends to buy Czech-made Aero Vodochody L-159 advanced trainer/light-attack
jets, Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday, October 11,
2012, in Prague after talks with his Czech counterpart Petr Necas, local
TV reported. |
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"Further
talks about purchasing the L-159 will take place on Friday between the
Iraqi and Czech defense ministries," he said. Talks about an L-159
purchase between Baghdad and Prague have been underway for at least three
years, acording to Defense Industry Daily. The Czech government hopes to sell Iraq up to 24 of the jets, which Defense Industry Daily says are used aircraft which were operated for a short time by the Czech Air Force. Iraq used to operate the jet's predecessor, the L-39 Albatros. The L-159 can be armed with Sidewinder missiles, targeting pods and laser-guided air-to-surface weapons, and can operate from austere airstrips, the daily says. |
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