The World - News from Jan. 15, 1987
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The Soviet Union has recently supplied Syria with its most modern fighter plane and for the first time with submarines, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported. Quoting intelligence sources, the newspaper said that the first shipment of Soviet MIG-31 jets recently arrived in Syria. Israeli Vice Adm. Abraham Ben-Shussan told reporters that the Damascus regime also has received new submarines from Moscow, Syria’s first. The MIG-31 is said to be almost identical in size and shape to the MIG-25, but it is more powerful and is believed to perform better in air battles.
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