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Article: China: Ukraine military hovercraft to equip Chinese navy.
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- August 8, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
China's navy is to purchase four Ukrainian military hovercraft in a 315-million-dollar deal potentially shifting the South China Sea naval balance, the Interfax news agency reported. A shipbuilding firm in Ukraine's Black Sea port Feodosia will construct two Zubr (translation - Bison) class craft, and a second pair of vessels will be built in China under the supervision of Ukrainian technicians.
A Ukrainian government publication listing state contracts confirmed the order without giving its value. Officials at the Morye shipyard in Feodosia declined comment. The Zubr hovercraft is designed to carry three tanks, 10 armoured personnel ...