Johannesburg - South Africa's Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has justified the expenditure of R10 billion on new Airbus A400 military transport aircraft, saying the Hercules C-130 aircraft currently in use were heading towards the end of their operational lives - in 2015.
Posted August 15, 2005
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