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Friday, May 29, 2009

Russian fighter jets worse than those of USA and Europe?

Il-78MKI MidasThe failure of the deal to sell Russian IL-78 fuel tankers to India once again raised the issue of the competitive ability decrease of Russian arms and military technique on the world market.

Russia’s "Оboronka" (the defense industry) is facing yet harder problems in handling export contracts and servicing clients of earlier transactions. “It is impossible to improve the situation”, our expert concludes.

According to Russian and foreign media sources, India refused to buy Russian Il-78 fuel tanker aircraft.

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  1. Tejaswy29/5/09 18:27

    I would not be too sure of that...I mean the recent price escalation on INS Vikramaditya by the Russian and has been a worry factor and well Transfer Of Technology (TOT) is a standard clause in almost all the Indian transaction now a days.

    Probably that is why?

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