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Russian $1 billion arms deal with Angola including 18 Su-30K fighter jets and Mi-17 helicopters.
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| Russian $1 billion arms deal with Angola including 18 Su-30K fighter jets and Mi-17 helicopters. | |||
Russia’s
state arms export monopoly has signed a $1 billion deal package with Angola
to deliver military equipment, build an ammunition plant and provide maintenance
services, Vedomosti business daily reported Wednesday. |
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 Sukhoi Su-30k (photo credit: Ria Novosti) |
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| Rosoboronexport will supply 18 Su-30K fighter jets to the southern African nation, the daily said, citing sources at the arms exports company and the Russian military. The Su-30K fighters in question are a batch of aircraft that were initially supplied to India in the late 1990s, prior to Delhi receiving the more advanced multirole Su-30MKI variant. They were returned to Russia in 2007, Vedomosti said, and have since lain idle in a Belarusian repair plant. They had previously been offered to Belarus, Sudan and Vietnam. Also on the list are Mi-17 transport helicopters, tanks, artillery, firearms and ammunition, the newspaper said. Rosoboronexport will conduct maintenance for Russian-made military equipment used by the Angolan military, the report said. |
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