India clears purchase of 33 Russian combat jets worth US$2.4 bil

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The purchase, along with the upgrade of 59 MiG-29s comes at a time of a military stand-off with China. FMTNews

More than half of India’s military hardware, such as its MiG-29 jets, is of Russian origin.

The approval for 21 MiG-29 planes and a dozen Su-30 jets will together cost 181.48 billion rupees , the defence ministry said. Tensions between India and China are at their highest in years following a clash last month in a disputed stretch of the border in the western Himalayas in which India lost 20 soldiers.

The green light for the Russian planes followed a visit to Moscow last month by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh where he urged his hosts to speed up deliveries, officials said.

 

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