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Вот это да! - как там про бхай бхай? :)
Russia to Sell Tu-22M3 Bombers to India
February 12, 2001
MOSCOW (Feb. 11) XINHUA -
Russia has decided to sell India four advanced Tu-22M3 bombers, Deputy
General Director of Russia's biggest arms exporter Rosoboronexport Viktor
Komardin said Sunday.
The two countries will conclude a contract on supplying Tu-22M3 bombers to
India very soon. Due to the high cost of the planes, Russia will first lease
out four such bombers to India and subsequently sell them to the country at
a residual cost, Komardin said.
India's current fiscal year will end on March 31. "If India allocates the
necessary amount from this year's budget, the contact may be signed before
March 31," Interfax cited Komardin as saying at an international air show
going on in Bangalore, India.
He did not disclose how much the contract is worth and what good performance
the bombers have.
The two countries will also complete the negotiations on exporting refueling
aircraft and A-50 AWACS aircraft to India this year, he said.
He confirmed that India had expressed the desire to rent a Russian
submarine.
On Friday, Russia announced that in the next three years it will supply 32
multi-purpose Su-30MKI fighter planes to India under a pact signed in 1996.
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