SOON the skies above Indonesia will witness a new arrival called Sukhoi. The supersonic Russian warplanes are already 85 percent complete in the factory. Deputy director-general of the Sukhoi Aircraft Unitary Enterprise, Sergey A. Sergeev, told daily Kompas last week that he guaranteed the planes would be handed over on time. "So that they can join in the celebrations of Armed Forces Day on October 5," he said.

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