Just what everyone wants, Indian Fighter Rejects. Makes a body
feel safe flying them.
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Russia is to put up for sale a batch of 18 Sukhoi Su-30 multirole
fighter aircraft, rejected by India on concerns about their
engines and returned to Russia in 2003, a defense official said
on Wednesday.
"The 18 Su-30s previously used by India and then returned, are in
an aviation repair plant in Belarus and are on sale to potential
buyers," said Alexander Fomin, deputy director of the Federal
Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. He added that the
aircraft could be modernized before being sold on.
The Su-30MKI is India's lead fighter aircraft, and around 140
have been produced under license by HAL Aeronautics in India. The
Indian Air Force is expected to buy a total of around 280 during
the next decade.
Development of the Su-30 began in the 1980s for the Soviet Armed
Forces, based on the Su-27UB conversion trainer.
The first batch of 18 Su-30s delivered to India were Su-30MK and
Su-30K standard, and were built to a lower specification than the
later Su-30MKI. This meant that they did not have
thrust-vectoring engine nozzles or canard foreplanes, enabling
extra maneuverability.
Their avionics systems were also built to a lower specification
than the later Su-30MKIs built by HAL, which included a high
level of Israeli and French-built systems.
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