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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Russian Arms Exporter Sold $13.2Bln in 2013

Su-35 FlankerRussia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport sold $13.2 billion in weapons and military equipment to foreign buyers last year but expects no short-term growth, its director said in an interview published Monday.

“For the next two to three years our main task will be to maintain arms exports at $13 billion, which I do not think we will exceed, since the new types of technology potential buyers are interested in should first be adopted by the Russian army, and only then be exported,” Anatoly Isaikin told Russia’s Kommersant newspaper.

The company signed 1,202 orders last year and fulfilled deliveries to 60 countries. Among the major importers of Russian weapons and military equipment were India, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Venezuela, Algeria and Malaysia.

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4 comments:

  1. 5 soldiers on Apache? There should be a mistake:)

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  2. Michael Varian Daly28/1/14 15:56

    Bet it's really some old UH1.

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  3. Jihadist video release of the attack:
    http://youtu.be/7ZgHQweUT1M?t=1m50s

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  4. epaminondas3/4/14 12:17

    0 chance this story is correct. ZERO

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