With growing fears of a new cold war between the West and Russia and China, the UAE has announced that it is on the verge of completing a deal with Beijing to purchase 12 of its L15 aircraft with the option for 36 additional aircraft of the same type in the future. Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, chief executive officer of Tawazun Economic Council, said the deal comes as part of the ongoing efforts to diversify and modernise capabilities of the Air Force and the Armed Forces units in general. “We have reached the final stage in our talks with the Chinese side. The final contract will be signed soon,” Al Hosani is reported saying by the official Emirati news agency WAM. … Continue reading ‘Diversifying’ suppliers, UAE strikes deal with China to buy fighter jets