BANGKOK -- On Dec. 15, the Myanmar Air Force unveiled two Russian Su-30 fighters during a ceremony to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The jets, the first of six ordered in 2018 and delivered earlier this year, are twin-engine two-seaters suited to air-to-air missions, but the 1980s design is expensive to operate and is of limited use in the sort of counterinsurgency operations Myanmar conducts.
A Ukrainian helicopter's shadow on a wheat field: The conflict sent shock waves through commodities markets -- one of the many ways it affected Asia this year. © Reuters
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