Old Reliable Survives, And Survives
July 22, 2010: Russian firms have been hired to upgrade 200 Libyan T-72s. The Libyans are also buying about 40 Russian T-90 tanks, but believed it was more cost-effective to refurbish some of their T-72s, rather than buy more new tanks. The T-72s to be upgraded were purchased recently.

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