This isn’t the first time the UAE has shown an interest in Russian weaponry. Its army uses the Russian BMP-3 armored fighting vehicle and the country looked into buying Sukhoi Su-27M jets during the mid-1990s. Expand / Contract An F16 fighter jet from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrives at an air base in Jordan February 8, 2015. This also, however, isn’t the first time that Russia has used its defense industry in an attempt to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies. At the time, Boeing had made a $4 billion proposal to supply Brazil with F-18 fighter jets.

Source: Fox News March 02, 2017 14:48 UTC