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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Russia To Export 8 Helicopters to Peru

Mi-35 HindRussia's official arms export agency Rosoboronexport signed a contract to export eight helicopters to Peru, the first post-Soviet arms sale to the Latin American country.

Rosoboronexport said in a statement that six Mi-171Sh (NATO codename Hip) transport helicopters - also capable of serving as gunships - and two Mi-35P (Hind) attack helicopters will be delivered to Peru in 2010-11.

Anatoly Isaikin, the head of Rosoboronexport, called the contract "lightning-fast," adding that it took only a month and a half to prepare the contract after the Peruvian military filed a request.

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