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Angola Inks $1Bln Arms Deals With Russia – Paper
Ria Novosti ^ | 16/10/2013

Posted on 10/16/2013 8:26:56 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s state arms export monopoly has signed a $1 billion deal package with Angola to deliver military equipment, build an ammunition plant and provide maintenance services, Vedomosti business daily reported Wednesday.

Rosoboronexport will supply 18 Su-30K fighter jets to the southern African nation, the daily said, citing sources at the arms exports company and the Russian military.

The Su-30K fighters in question are a batch of aircraft that were initially supplied to India in the late 1990s, prior to Delhi receiving the more advanced multirole Su-30MKI variant. They were returned to Russia in 2007, Vedomosti said, and have since lain idle in a Belarusian repair plant.

They had previously been offered to Belarus, Sudan and Vietnam.

Also on the list are Mi-17 transport helicopters, tanks, artillery, firearms and ammunition, the newspaper said.

Rosoboronexport will conduct maintenance for Russian-made military equipment used by the Angolan military, the report said.

Rosoboronexport and the Russian Defense Ministry have made no official comment on the alleged deals, which Vedomosti said were signed last week during Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin’s trip to Angola, Russia’s geopolitical ally since the Soviet era.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; angola; russia; su30k

1 posted on 10/16/2013 8:26:56 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Hey, if the Russkies want to get involved in Africa, be my guest. They can have it.


2 posted on 10/16/2013 8:27:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I know what the Russkies are thinking.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

3 posted on 10/16/2013 9:26:45 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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To: dfwgator

Who is Angola going to war with?


4 posted on 10/16/2013 11:46:08 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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