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been planned. Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev said that negotiations with
Berlin had resulted in the Germans saying they would not support the joint Ukrain-
ian-Russian An-70 project, Interfax reported. "We won't try to win over the Ger-
mans, but will complete the project with China," Sergeyev said. A Chinese military
delegation visited Ukraine and expressed an interest in the AN-70 transport aircraft.
At the Zhuhai airshow in November 2000, Antonow tried to market the An-70
in China. This would likely involve co-production with AVIC II. The Antonov De
sign Bureau offered cooperation to the Shansiy aircraft building corporation to build
a new airplane using Antonov An-70 as a basic model. The Chinese side left the offer
unanswered, although the proposition was negotiated during Li Peng's visit to
Ukraine in the middle of 2000.
Uncertainty surrounding the Antonov An-70 increased with the
wheels-up emergency landing of the only operable prototype in the morning of
27 January 2001.
Earlier reports blamed immature D-27 engines designed by ZMKB Pro Stu-
pino), as the cause of the crash.
The Aviant plant in Kiev is to produce An-70s for the Ukrainian air force,
which intends to procure 65 such aircraft. The Russian air force has estimated its
needs in 164 An-70s. The Czech Republic has long been closely watching An-70,
having become the first NATO nation to sign an intergovernmental agreement with
Russia on the supply of three such planes in 2005-2007.
Ukraine and Russia have come to terms on sharing rights at a fifty-fifty ratio
to the results of research related to the development of the aircraft (such a decision
was made in 2002).
MiG-23 FLOGGER
Meant as a point defense fighter, the Flogger offered a powerful radar, an infra-
red search and track system, a selection of radar and infrared guided weapons and
tremendous speed (Mach 2.35) to counter its adversaries. The MiG-23 was designed
in 1964-66 as a successor to the MiG-21. In addition to a much more powerful engine,
the MiG-23's most significant new feature was its variable sweep wing. Like the
USAF's swing wing F-l11, the sweep of the wings could be changed in flight. Fully
spread, this gives a shorter takeoff/landing roll while carrying a heavier weapons
load. With the wings fully swept back, the MiG-23 has greater speed. The wing has
three sweep settings: 16, 45, and 72 degrees. The prototype first flew in April 1967
and MiG-23s began entering operational service in 1971.
MiG-23 aircraft acquired by the United States under the Foreign Materiel Ac-
quisition/Exploitation program are designated as the YF-113. The aircraft is in wide-
spread use in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The MiG-23/27 FLOGGER series
of aircraft has been used extensively by the former Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact
allies including Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, Rumania, and Czechoslo-

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