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2011-12-17 India-Pakistan

MOSCOW: Russia signed a deal Friday to provide India with 42 fighter jets, but the two nations have failed to strike a deal on a controversial nuclear power plant.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that New Delhi will fit the Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets with additional locally produced electronics. The jets will be assembled in India. India had earlier signed several contracts for the delivery of 230 Su-30MKIs, most of which are being assembled locally. The long-range jets are custom-designed for the Indian Air Force.

India has been a leading customer for Russian weapons since the Soviet times, buying combat jets, missiles, navy ships and other weapons worth billions of dollars. Russian weapons still account for the bulk of the Indian military arsenals.

As part of his two-day visit to Russia, Singh met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Both leaders pledged to strengthen the decades-old bilateral ties.

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 China is going to get her panties uin a bind. Russia and China were supposed to be so chummy.
Now if we had done that we would never hear the end of it. See the end of it no thank you.

Posted by Dale 2011-12-17 06:53|| 2011-12-17 06:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Why. China has 400 SU-27 derivatives in service or on order. How many fighters has the USAF built in the last decade? Two decades?

Posted by Ulose Munster2089 2011-12-17 07:14|| 2011-12-17 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 We have lots of F-35s on the drawing board!

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-12-17 16:07|| 2011-12-17 16:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Thats good for Indjuh, because iff certain MilBlogs are correct, the Indian Air Force is still crashing the newbies.

PROUDLY CRASHING 'EM LIKE ITS 1999!, + years prior.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-17 21:16|| 2011-12-17 21:16|| Front Page Top

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