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Russia ready to supply 36 combat trainer aircraft to Syria

Posted by John Bonar on Monday, 23 January 2012 20:37 | Published in Defence
Russia ready to supply 36 combat trainer aircraft to Syria

Russia and Syria have signed a $550-million contract on the delivery of 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer, the Kommersant daily quoted on Monday a source close to Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport as saying.Under the deal struck in late December, the jets are to be supplied to Syria once Damascus makes a prepayment, the source said.

A source in the aircraft production industry told the newspaper the aircraft construction company Irkut is able to produce the jets for Syria in a relatively short time.

Contacted by RIA Novosti, both Rosoboronexport and Irkut declined to comment.

Analysts say the contract is “risky” given the worsening satiation in Syria and the growing international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad over his crackdown on protesters.

(More at RIA Novosti)

Russia ready to supply 36 combat trainer aircraft to Syria
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