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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Indonesia to buy 6 jet fighters, 18 armored vehicles from Russia

Rosoboronexport has signed deals to sell six Su-30 Flanker-C jet fighters and 18 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Indonesia, an official at Russia's arms export monopoly said on Wednesday.

Nikolai Dimidyuk, Rosoboronexport's special programs director, said Indonesia could also buy other Russian warplanes as well as Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters.

"Indonesia is still very interested in Russian fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft," he said.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete13/11/08 14:18

    Indonesia hasn't bought enough Flankers to be a serious threat to Australia - yet.

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