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Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Rusting Sukhoi Dips India’s Fighting Fleet

Su-30K FlankerRussian President Vladimir Putin’s recent India visit may have strengthened the ties between the two countries, but it’s still a question if it can resurrect India’s weakened fleet of Sukhois.

You can avoid the servicing of your car, but you can’t afford to do that with the country’s frontline Russian-made fighter jet fleet. The government, however, has done exactly that. Consequence: four air crashes and one death.

The last Sukhoi-30 crash happened in Pune, in October, which led to the grounding of the entire fleet for a month, the longest ever it was inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) since 1997, for maintenance checks.

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