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Saviour or stopgap? Malaysia’s South Korean jets arrive to relieve ageing fighters

Saviour or stopgap? Malaysia’s South Korean jets arrive to relieve ageing fighters
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Malaysia received its first South Korean-made light combat jet on Friday under a nearly 4 billion ringgit (US$990 million) procurement, in what analysts describe as welcome relief for an ageing air force still years away from replacing its frontline fighters. The FA-50M Block 20 jet arrived at the air force base in Labuan, off Borneo, with a second expected in…

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