Xinhua News Agency,
Algeria will acquire, in the next few weeks, six Russian-made Sukhoi-30 jet fighters, local media reported Wednesday.
The six Sukhoi aircrafts are part of a comprehensive purchase order of Russian arms by Algeria concluded in 2006, worth nearly 4 billion U.S. dollars. This order also includes Mig jet fighters, anti-air missiles and T-90 tanks, according to the Algerian daily newspaper “El Watan.”
The high prices of oil have enabled Algeria, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, to finance the professionalization of its armed forces, said the report.
The Sukhoi-30 is an agile modern military aircraft, developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation.
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It was introduced into operational service in 1996 and is comparable, in air superiority, to the American F-16 jet fighter model.
