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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Defence ministry talks deal with Russian firm to overcome MiG shortfall

MiG-29KThe ministry of defence (MoD) is negotiating price for a draft supplement agreement (DSA) with Russia’s RAC-MiG Corporation to buy additional equipment to overcome the teething problems it is facing in keeping its MiG-29K fleet flying.

MiG-29K aircraft, which were inducted into Indian Navy in February 2010, have been suffering tyre bursts whenever emergency brakes are applied during landing.

Emergency brakes are applied whenever there is hydraulic failure and DSA is expected to solve this problem.

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