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Russian sale of fighter jets to UAE highlights shift toward Kremlin amid U.S. hesitancyBy Andrew O'Reilly Published March 02, 2017 FoxNews.comA Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft takes part in a flying display, during the 50th Paris Air Show, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 20, 2013. (Reuters)In late February, Russian media reported that the country signed an agreement to sell a number of Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates and help the Gulf state develop a next-generation fighter that could enter service in seven or eight years.News of the deal between the Kremlin and the UAE came amid murmurs that Moscow is close to capping off a similar deal to send 10 Flanker-E jets to Indonesia and that Russia is slated to send a second batch of the same warplanes to China.Continued: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/02/russian-sale-fighter-jets-to-uae-highlights-shift-toward-kremlin-amid-u-s-hesitancy.html
