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Ukraine investigates in loss of unfit anti-aircraft missiles of former USSR - Marchuk
Kyiv, March 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The loss of missiles in the Ukrainian Armed Forces concerns anti-aircraft missiles that were recognized by specialists as unfit for action in 1980's, said Ukraine's Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk.
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(source: Interfax)
edit--and this from the international herald tribune: .
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He said that inventories of military equipment had revealed a gap equivalent to about $189 billion. In comparison, Ukraine's entire budget last year was less than $10 billion.
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