Designer of iconic Soviet Sukhoi fighter jet dies (AP)

AP - Aircraft designer Mikhail Simonov, whose supremely maneuverable, heavily armed and far-flying Sukhoi fighter jet became an icon of the Soviet defense industry and a cash cow for post-communist Russia, died in Moscow on Friday after a long illness.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110304/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_russia_obit_simonov

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