Russian arms exports. May 2018 of the year
In may main newsconcerning the export of Russian weapons, information has become about India’s interest in the Russian Triumph S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. According to the RBC media holding, whose journalists cite its own sources, Russia is ready to supply India with S-400 systems for $ 6 billion. Also in May, Russia continued to execute previously concluded supply contracts. aviation equipment, and with Kazakhstan, two new contracts were concluded for Mi-35M helicopters and Su-30SM fighters.
India may acquire several C-400 regimental kits for 6 billions of dollars
Russia is ready to supply India with several regimental sets of C-400 anti-aircraft missile systems worth at least 6 billions of dollars, reports RBC with reference to two sources in the Russian Ministry of Defense. “We can talk about 5 shelves, these are 10 divisions,” the first source told reporters. India can be supplied "4 regimental set of C-400 and a regiment of mixed personnel with ammunition and spare parts," - said the second source of RBC in the Ministry of Defense. According to him, 28 in May, the relevant memorandum of intent was signed, the volume of the entire contract amounted to 6,2 billion dollars.
In the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, RBC's request to comment on the information that appeared appeared that “negotiations are still ongoing.” The concern Almaz-Antey, which is engaged in serial production of C-400 complexes, declined to comment on this matter. Later, the Indian press began to write about a possible deal. So 31 May Edition Hindustan time with reference to its own source in the Ministry of Defense of India wrote that the Indian military appealed to the Supreme Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers on security issues to obtain permission to conduct this transaction. In Hindustan Time they write that in New Delhi they are ready to promote a deal to acquire C-400 complexes in Russia, despite the US position on this issue. The Trump administration had previously warned India about the deal, stating a possible restriction of military-technical cooperation between the United States and India. At the same time in Hindustan Time the transaction is estimated at 5,5 billion dollars.
Information about a possible deal between Moscow and Delhi appeared after RIA Novosti news agency and Defense News reported that negotiations between Russia and India to purchase C-400 Triumph air defense systems were stalled due to the high cost of equipment and the refusal Russia in the transfer of technology. In turn, a source familiar with the negotiations from the Indian side told RBC that the negotiation of the C-400 transaction is in its final stages. According to him, the only stumbling block is the risk that India could fall under US sanctions. Back in August, 2017 in the United States adopted the Federal Law on Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions (CAATSA), according to this law, American sanctions may be imposed on countries that conduct major transactions with Russian defense enterprises. The source noted that at present the representatives of India are trying to reach an agreement with the United States that no sanctions should be imposed due to the C-400 purchase transaction.
The Indian agency PTI, citing a high-ranking Indian official who participated in the negotiations with Russia, also wrote that the discussion of the “financial part” of the transaction was over. According to the agency, Moscow and New Delhi are likely to announce a deal concluded before holding a bilateral summit, which is scheduled for October 2018.
The chances that the contract between the countries will still be signed are quite large, says Victor Murakhovsky, the chief editor of the magazine Arsenal of the Fatherland. According to him, currently no air defense system in the world can compete with the Russian system C-400 "Triumph". Andrei Frolov, the chief editor of the magazine “Arms Export”, believes that, apparently, negotiations between the countries are in the final stage. “I understand that not all the questions have been completely removed, but I think that in 2018, this contract will be signed - no matter which month,” said Frolov, recalling that Turkey had previously acquired an anti-aircraft missile division from Russia C-4 complexes worth 400 billion dollars.
Kazakhstan has signed a contract for the supply of X-NUMX fighters Su-8CM
Moscow and Astana at the exhibition KADEKS-2018 signed a new contract for the supply of a batch of multi-purpose fighters Su-30СМ for the air forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The agency reports TASS with reference to Arman Ramazanov, the general director of Kazspecexport. According to TASS, citing a military-diplomatic source, under the new contract, Kazakhstan will receive 8 new Su-30CM fighters. As specified in the corporation "Irkut" (engaged in assembling Su-30CM fighters), a new batch of combat aircraft will be delivered to Kazakhstan before 2020, the fighters will have to replenish the Su-30CM fleet of the armed forces of Kazakhstan, these aircraft are in service with the country, starting with 2015, .
The previous contract for the supply of such fighters 12 parties signed last year as part of the forum "Army-2017". Then Vladimir Kozhin, Assistant to the President of Russia on military technical cooperation, spoke about this. The ultra-maneuverable Su-30CM 4 + multi-purpose fighter is equipped with radar with a phased antenna array, thrust vector-guided engines and front horizontal tail. The aircraft is able to use modern types of high-precision and advanced weapons of the ground-to-air and air-to-surface classes. Like the rest of the Su-30 family of aircraft, the aircraft is in demand in the international arms market.
According to the bmpd blog, earlier, Kazakhstan has already concluded three contracts totaling for the 23 Su-30SM fighter produced by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) of the Irkut Corporation. The first contract worth about 5 billion rubles for the supply of 4 Su-30CM fighters was concluded in 2014 year, the contract was executed in April 2015 year. In December, 2015 of the year, Kazakhstan signed a second contract for the supply of 7 Su-30CM fighters, four of them have already been delivered, the delivery of the remaining three fighters is expected before the end of 2018. In August last year, Russia and Kazakhstan signed a framework agreement for the supply of another X-NUMX Su-12CM fighter. It is not yet clear whether the contract concluded for the supply of 30 fighters is now part of the previously concluded framework contract or additional to it. All 8 Su-8SM fighters already delivered to Kazakhstan are in service with the 30 air force base of the Air Defense Forces (SVO) of Kazakhstan in Taldy-Kurgan.
Kazakhstan has signed a contract for the supply of X-NUMX helicopters Mi-4M
Moscow and Astana signed a new contract for the supply of multi-purpose attack helicopters MI-4M 35, the agency reports TASS With reference to the Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia Vladimir Drozhov. He noted that the new contract for the supply of four Mi-35М helicopters to Kazakhstan was signed this year, without becoming clear about the delivery time of the new helicopters to the customer.
In the 2016 year, the countries have already signed a contract for the supply of four Mi-35M helicopters, the helicopters are scheduled to be delivered in the 2018 year. In total, Kazakhstan, according to information today, should receive 8 such helicopters from Russia. The Mi-35М multipurpose attack helicopter is intended for the destruction of armored vehicles and fire support of ground forces, it can also be used to transport various cargoes and transport personnel, to perform other tasks. The helicopter is a deep modernization of the Mi-24В helicopter, it is able to perform combat missions around the clock in various meteorological conditions using modern high-precision samples. weapons.
Nigeria received another Mi-35M helicopter
30 on April 2018, the official group of the Nigerian Air Force in the social network Facebook, published the news about the delivery of the next two Mi-124M new helicopters to the Makurdi air base on the flight of the Russian transport aircraft An-100-35 Ruslan. The delivery of helicopters to Nigeria was made by a transport plane from the State Enterprise 224 Flight Squad JSC of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
As noted by the bmpd blog, Nigeria had previously acquired in Russia a total of 2014 multipurpose attack helicopters Mi-2015М, produced by Rostvertol, JSC in Rostov-on-Don, in two contracts concluded with 12 and 35 with Rosoboronexport JSC. The first two of the acquired helicopters were transferred to Nigeria in December 2016 of the year, and entered service with the Nigerian Air Force in April 2017 of the year. Delivery of the remaining 10 helicopters was scheduled for the 2018 year. Currently the first two of them are delivered to Nigeria. Thus, at present, the Nigerian Air Force received a total of already 4 Mi-35M helicopters from the ordered 12 vehicles.
Armenia will receive Russian Tor-M2 air defense systems
According to the information that was presented in the framework of the television program of the Armenian Defense Ministry "Zinuzh", in a few months the armed forces of this country will receive Russian short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Tor-M2. Thus, Armenia will continue to actively re-equip itself with modern Russian-made equipment, reports the IA REGNUM.
It is known that after the implementation of contracts for the first Russian preferential military loan in the amount of 200 million dollars, Armenia was offered the second preferential loan in the amount of 100 million dollars. According to former Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan, for December 2017 three contracts were concluded between Russia and Armenia for military-technical cooperation in the amount exceeding 100 million dollars (part of the procurement was financed from the Armenian budget). According to Artak Zakaryan, these supplies were supposed to strengthen the air defense system and the advanced positions of the country.
Apparently, one of the three concluded contracts meant the supply of modern short-range air defense systems "Tor-M2". This air defense system is able to simultaneously fire at 4 air targets located in the altitude range from 10 meters to 10 kilometers and at a distance of up to 15 kilometers. A distinctive feature of this modification is the ability to fire on the move without stopping, which provides more effective protection of military equipment on the march, as well as an increase in the ammunition load of one launcher to 16 anti-aircraft missiles (the transportable ammunition load has been doubled). Currently, the Tor complex, mounted on a tracked chassis, is one of the most effective military air defense systems in the world. The main task of the complex is to cover the units of the ground forces, including on the march, important military, administrative and economic facilities, key infrastructure facilities. The complex is able to effectively deal with cruise missiles and planning bombs, modern drones, helicopters and enemy aircraft.
India may acquire several C-400 regimental kits for 6 billions of dollars
Russia is ready to supply India with several regimental sets of C-400 anti-aircraft missile systems worth at least 6 billions of dollars, reports RBC with reference to two sources in the Russian Ministry of Defense. “We can talk about 5 shelves, these are 10 divisions,” the first source told reporters. India can be supplied "4 regimental set of C-400 and a regiment of mixed personnel with ammunition and spare parts," - said the second source of RBC in the Ministry of Defense. According to him, 28 in May, the relevant memorandum of intent was signed, the volume of the entire contract amounted to 6,2 billion dollars.
In the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, RBC's request to comment on the information that appeared appeared that “negotiations are still ongoing.” The concern Almaz-Antey, which is engaged in serial production of C-400 complexes, declined to comment on this matter. Later, the Indian press began to write about a possible deal. So 31 May Edition Hindustan time with reference to its own source in the Ministry of Defense of India wrote that the Indian military appealed to the Supreme Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers on security issues to obtain permission to conduct this transaction. In Hindustan Time they write that in New Delhi they are ready to promote a deal to acquire C-400 complexes in Russia, despite the US position on this issue. The Trump administration had previously warned India about the deal, stating a possible restriction of military-technical cooperation between the United States and India. At the same time in Hindustan Time the transaction is estimated at 5,5 billion dollars.
Information about a possible deal between Moscow and Delhi appeared after RIA Novosti news agency and Defense News reported that negotiations between Russia and India to purchase C-400 Triumph air defense systems were stalled due to the high cost of equipment and the refusal Russia in the transfer of technology. In turn, a source familiar with the negotiations from the Indian side told RBC that the negotiation of the C-400 transaction is in its final stages. According to him, the only stumbling block is the risk that India could fall under US sanctions. Back in August, 2017 in the United States adopted the Federal Law on Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions (CAATSA), according to this law, American sanctions may be imposed on countries that conduct major transactions with Russian defense enterprises. The source noted that at present the representatives of India are trying to reach an agreement with the United States that no sanctions should be imposed due to the C-400 purchase transaction.
The Indian agency PTI, citing a high-ranking Indian official who participated in the negotiations with Russia, also wrote that the discussion of the “financial part” of the transaction was over. According to the agency, Moscow and New Delhi are likely to announce a deal concluded before holding a bilateral summit, which is scheduled for October 2018.
The chances that the contract between the countries will still be signed are quite large, says Victor Murakhovsky, the chief editor of the magazine Arsenal of the Fatherland. According to him, currently no air defense system in the world can compete with the Russian system C-400 "Triumph". Andrei Frolov, the chief editor of the magazine “Arms Export”, believes that, apparently, negotiations between the countries are in the final stage. “I understand that not all the questions have been completely removed, but I think that in 2018, this contract will be signed - no matter which month,” said Frolov, recalling that Turkey had previously acquired an anti-aircraft missile division from Russia C-4 complexes worth 400 billion dollars.
Kazakhstan has signed a contract for the supply of X-NUMX fighters Su-8CM
Moscow and Astana at the exhibition KADEKS-2018 signed a new contract for the supply of a batch of multi-purpose fighters Su-30СМ for the air forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The agency reports TASS with reference to Arman Ramazanov, the general director of Kazspecexport. According to TASS, citing a military-diplomatic source, under the new contract, Kazakhstan will receive 8 new Su-30CM fighters. As specified in the corporation "Irkut" (engaged in assembling Su-30CM fighters), a new batch of combat aircraft will be delivered to Kazakhstan before 2020, the fighters will have to replenish the Su-30CM fleet of the armed forces of Kazakhstan, these aircraft are in service with the country, starting with 2015, .
The previous contract for the supply of such fighters 12 parties signed last year as part of the forum "Army-2017". Then Vladimir Kozhin, Assistant to the President of Russia on military technical cooperation, spoke about this. The ultra-maneuverable Su-30CM 4 + multi-purpose fighter is equipped with radar with a phased antenna array, thrust vector-guided engines and front horizontal tail. The aircraft is able to use modern types of high-precision and advanced weapons of the ground-to-air and air-to-surface classes. Like the rest of the Su-30 family of aircraft, the aircraft is in demand in the international arms market.
According to the bmpd blog, earlier, Kazakhstan has already concluded three contracts totaling for the 23 Su-30SM fighter produced by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) of the Irkut Corporation. The first contract worth about 5 billion rubles for the supply of 4 Su-30CM fighters was concluded in 2014 year, the contract was executed in April 2015 year. In December, 2015 of the year, Kazakhstan signed a second contract for the supply of 7 Su-30CM fighters, four of them have already been delivered, the delivery of the remaining three fighters is expected before the end of 2018. In August last year, Russia and Kazakhstan signed a framework agreement for the supply of another X-NUMX Su-12CM fighter. It is not yet clear whether the contract concluded for the supply of 30 fighters is now part of the previously concluded framework contract or additional to it. All 8 Su-8SM fighters already delivered to Kazakhstan are in service with the 30 air force base of the Air Defense Forces (SVO) of Kazakhstan in Taldy-Kurgan.
Kazakhstan has signed a contract for the supply of X-NUMX helicopters Mi-4M
Moscow and Astana signed a new contract for the supply of multi-purpose attack helicopters MI-4M 35, the agency reports TASS With reference to the Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia Vladimir Drozhov. He noted that the new contract for the supply of four Mi-35М helicopters to Kazakhstan was signed this year, without becoming clear about the delivery time of the new helicopters to the customer.
In the 2016 year, the countries have already signed a contract for the supply of four Mi-35M helicopters, the helicopters are scheduled to be delivered in the 2018 year. In total, Kazakhstan, according to information today, should receive 8 such helicopters from Russia. The Mi-35М multipurpose attack helicopter is intended for the destruction of armored vehicles and fire support of ground forces, it can also be used to transport various cargoes and transport personnel, to perform other tasks. The helicopter is a deep modernization of the Mi-24В helicopter, it is able to perform combat missions around the clock in various meteorological conditions using modern high-precision samples. weapons.
Nigeria received another Mi-35M helicopter
30 on April 2018, the official group of the Nigerian Air Force in the social network Facebook, published the news about the delivery of the next two Mi-124M new helicopters to the Makurdi air base on the flight of the Russian transport aircraft An-100-35 Ruslan. The delivery of helicopters to Nigeria was made by a transport plane from the State Enterprise 224 Flight Squad JSC of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
As noted by the bmpd blog, Nigeria had previously acquired in Russia a total of 2014 multipurpose attack helicopters Mi-2015М, produced by Rostvertol, JSC in Rostov-on-Don, in two contracts concluded with 12 and 35 with Rosoboronexport JSC. The first two of the acquired helicopters were transferred to Nigeria in December 2016 of the year, and entered service with the Nigerian Air Force in April 2017 of the year. Delivery of the remaining 10 helicopters was scheduled for the 2018 year. Currently the first two of them are delivered to Nigeria. Thus, at present, the Nigerian Air Force received a total of already 4 Mi-35M helicopters from the ordered 12 vehicles.
Armenia will receive Russian Tor-M2 air defense systems
According to the information that was presented in the framework of the television program of the Armenian Defense Ministry "Zinuzh", in a few months the armed forces of this country will receive Russian short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Tor-M2. Thus, Armenia will continue to actively re-equip itself with modern Russian-made equipment, reports the IA REGNUM.
It is known that after the implementation of contracts for the first Russian preferential military loan in the amount of 200 million dollars, Armenia was offered the second preferential loan in the amount of 100 million dollars. According to former Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan, for December 2017 three contracts were concluded between Russia and Armenia for military-technical cooperation in the amount exceeding 100 million dollars (part of the procurement was financed from the Armenian budget). According to Artak Zakaryan, these supplies were supposed to strengthen the air defense system and the advanced positions of the country.
Apparently, one of the three concluded contracts meant the supply of modern short-range air defense systems "Tor-M2". This air defense system is able to simultaneously fire at 4 air targets located in the altitude range from 10 meters to 10 kilometers and at a distance of up to 15 kilometers. A distinctive feature of this modification is the ability to fire on the move without stopping, which provides more effective protection of military equipment on the march, as well as an increase in the ammunition load of one launcher to 16 anti-aircraft missiles (the transportable ammunition load has been doubled). Currently, the Tor complex, mounted on a tracked chassis, is one of the most effective military air defense systems in the world. The main task of the complex is to cover the units of the ground forces, including on the march, important military, administrative and economic facilities, key infrastructure facilities. The complex is able to effectively deal with cruise missiles and planning bombs, modern drones, helicopters and enemy aircraft.
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