DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the next course of action regarding the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet will only be decided once Cabinet has a discussion. On Friday, the Ministry of Finance announced that it had canceled various loan projects which included the Elbit $400M-Ashra Loan and Elbit Hermes Facility B, a project that saw the procurement of the Presidential Gulfstream G650, installation of the anti-missile radio system, among others. In 2018, Africa Confidential revealed that Zambia was buying a new Presidential Jet fitted with a cutting edge military grade defence system which fires lasers at incoming heat-seeking missiles. “Israel and Zambia are almost ready to sign a new US$400 million package for high-tech aviation equipment to be funded with a...

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