Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Gerard O'Dwyer - Defense News DT. Nov 18, 2010(NSI News Source Info) - November 21, 2010: Helsinki - Global sales of combat aircraft were up in 2005-09 compared with the previous half-decade, according to a Nov. 12 report by the Stockholm-based independent peace and security think tank SIPRI.
According to SIPRI's survey of signed contracts, the United States sold 341 fighter aircraft in 2005-2009, up from 286 in the previous five years. Russia's combat-aircraft sales dropped from 331 to 219 and French sales rose from 58 to 75 in the same period.
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