MIG 29 - No knee jerk reaction - President Rajapaksa

The decision to purchase MIG 29 fighter jets for the Sri Lanka Air Force is part of the plans to modernize the Air Force and have a good Air Defense System (ADS). It was not a knee-jerk reaction to the LTTE's recent air
attacks, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told Editors and Media Heads at Temple Trees today.

President Rajapaksa said that only after the present government was elected that new radar equipment was obtained and work begun on establishing a proper ADS. "We are now continuing with the work of improving and
strengthening the ADS", he said.

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