Russian arms deal for $ billion with Iraq
Russian arms deal for $ billion with Iraq
12-01-2015 05:55 PM
Sources in the Russian defense industry sector reported that Russia signed in 2014 contracts for the delivery of Iraq a large batch of guns, rocket launchers and ammunition in the amount of one billion dollars.
The sources pointed out that the contracts were signed during the visit he paid to Russia in 2014 military delegation headed by Minister of Defense agency former Saadoun al-Dulaimi.
The sources pointed out that Russia will supply to Iraq Mnzawmtin or 3 systems for rocket launchers ‘Grad’ and a number of howitzers ‘Mista – my’ 152 mm caliber, and a large number of mortars from model ‘2 me 11′ and ‘2 B 14′, In addition to the four rocket launchers and rocket-propelled flame model ‘Sulentsepyuk’.
The deal is also – in the words of sources – to deliver quantities of ammunition for those systems, note that the focus was on the simplest unexploded directed, were also purchased a batch of bombers and missiles Anti-tank.
According to sources, the newspaper, the arms and ammunition will deliver some of the Russian army warehouses, and will be making each other in the Russian defense industry sector companies.
The re-sources to mind buying Iraq earlier in Russia 5 fighter Sukhoi ‘Su – 25′.
and is in talks now about the purchase of 10 fighter ‘Sukhoi – 27/30′.
He asked Iraq in 2013 from Russia supply 36 military helicopters ‘Mi – 28 that any’, and more than 40 system ‘Pantsir as’ air defense, and that the total amount of of $ 4.2 billion. However, the helicopter ‘Mi – 35′ dissolved after replace some of the helicopters ‘Mi – 28 that any’.
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