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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Russian air force to order Su-25 replacement

[Su-25SM Frogfoot]Russia's air force will acquire a new ground attack aircraft similar in concept to the Sukhoi Su-25, but has dropped plans to field an armed version of the Yakovlev Yak-130 jet/combat trainer.

"This new type of ground attack aircraft has been included in the state arms procurement programme," says Col Gen Alexander Zelin, an aide to Russian defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov and until May the commander of its air force. "It will be put in service by 2020."

The new aircraft will be equipped with an advanced radar, feature elements of stealth technology and also be able to use short runways.

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