Russian defence industry presents latest aerospace and air defence products at LIMA 2013 2803132.

At present many Asian states including India, Indonesia, China, Malaysia and others are actively operating Russian aircraft and helicopters, air defence and naval systems, infantry weapons and equipment. Rosoboronexport maintains long-term fruitful relations with most customers in areas related, in particular, to industrial cooperation and setting up of technical support centres and joint production facilities. After-sale servicing of military equipment and delivery of spare parts for it are equally important for the development of Russia's military technical cooperation with Asia Pacific countries.

"In 2012 the most significant amount of Russia's defence-related exports went to Asia Pacific countries which received 43 percent of our total foreign military sales, - noted Victor Komardin, deputy director general of Rosoboronexport and head of the joint Rostec/Rosoboronexport delegation to the LIMA 2013 exhibition. - It is an objective process, since developing nations in the Asia Pacific vitally need to secure their development plans and protect national interests, and in this area we render them assistance".

Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport exibits also the latest air defence/anti-missile systems such as the Antey-2500, Buk-M2E, Tor-M2E, Igla-S missile systems and Pantsir-S1 gun-missile system. Traditionally Russia holds very strong positions in this sector of arms market. The Buk-M2E air defence missile system and Pantsir-S1 air defence gun-missile system should provoke special interest of potential customers not only because of their unique capabilities but also because of lessons learnt at the outset and in the course of recent armed conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East.

During the exhibition the world-famous aerobatic team "Russian Knights" of the Russian Air Force will fly live demonstrations. Fighter pilots of the Royal Malaysian Air Force's MiG and Sukhoi aircraft will stage their own spectacular air show. The island of Langkawi will be also visited by a group of ships from the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet led by the Marshal Shaposhnikov large antisubmarine warfare ship.