Russia returns to the international arms market

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Wed Jan-21-04 10:49 PM
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Russia returns to the international arms market

Russia has made a grand return to the arms market with a massive sale to India that analysts say underscores Moscow's reliance on cheap Soviet-era technology as it tries to challenge the richer military whizzes in the West.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov announced in New Delhi on Wednesday that Moscow -- after about a decade of negotiations -- has been able to sell the 44,570-tonne Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier along with 28 MiG-29K maritime fighter jets for some $ 1.5 billion.

The news has been heralded on Russian state television as something of a military victory. It is one of the largest single contracts ever signed by Moscow -- but one that also indirectly highlights Russia's post-Soviet weakness.

http://hindustantimes.com/news/181_542951,00050003.htm

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Cannikin

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Wed Jan-21-04 10:50 PM
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1. Thats ok. We have Saddam, so we're safer.

Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 10:51 PM by Cannikin

No need to fear the ole' Russian arms dealers.

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