Indian Su-30MKI could soon be offered for export by New Delhi and Moscow

https://meta-defense.fr/en/2024/07/12/su-30mki-export-negotiations-hal-caatsa/

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  1. Consistent-Figure820 on

    SS: With 259 Su-30MKIs in service, and twelve on order, India is today the largest international operator of modern Russian-designed fighters, and the only one to have obtained authorization from Moscow to assemble one locally. of the most modern fighters in the Russian air arsenal. It is the Indian aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, or HAL, which assembles the Su-30MKI for the Indian air forces, and which carries out maintenance and upgrades, to integrate, in particular, locally designed or imported equipment. , whether missiles, avionics or HMI interface. While the Russian military industry is fully mobilized in support of the special military operation in Ukraine, and in the face of American CAATSA legislation, Russian exports, particularly in the field of combat aircraft, have come to a halt. net since 2018. It is in this context that HAL announced that discussions have been initiated with the Russian authorities, to enable it to offer, for export, the Su-30MKI assembled by it. Not sure, however, that this initiative will be to the taste of the United States.

  2. Agitated-Airline6760 on

    No one is buying Russian jets. Why would anyone besides DPRK buy Indian knockoff of Russian jets??