Russia delivers 12 more Sukhoi fighters to India

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Russia delivers 12 more Sukhoi fighters to India

Russia has delivered another 12 Sukhoi 30 MKI fighters to India, bringing to 22 the total number of the multi-role combat planes in Indian Air Force, a senior official of Russia's Irkut Aircraft Corporation, which manufactures the jets, said on Friday.

In October, while visiting Irkut Corporation in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, had flagged off the new batch of Su-30MKI multi-role jets on their voyage to India to join the Indian Air Force.

Under an agreement signed in November 1996 India has received 22 multi-mission fighter jets, including 8 Su-30K jets of the older configuration.

Irkut corporation is to supply another 10 jets next year after which earlier supplied 8 Su-30K would be upgraded to MKI version by fitting thrust vectoring engines.

Simultaneously, Irkut Corporation has begun the transfer of technology for the indigenous production another 140 Su-30MKI at HAL facilities in India.

Moscow, December 26, (PTI)

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