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Friday, July 22, 2011

Russia Selling Warships to Mystery Post-Soviet State, Maybe Turkmenistan

Molniya missile corvetteRussia has announced it's selling three new warships to an unnamed "former Soviet republic," but is keeping mum about the precise identity of the buyer.

The ships are Molniya missile corvettes, built by United Shipbuiding Corporation and the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, and it seems like the most likely buyer would be Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan's military purchases are very opaque, so it's hard to tell with any specificity what their plans are.

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