Indonesia to buy 6 jet fighters, 18 armored vehicles from Russia

Friday, 14 November 2008 19:16 WIB
WASPADA ONLINEMOSCOW - Rosoboronexport has signed deals to sell six Su-30 Flanker-C jet fighters and 18 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Indonesia, an official at Russia`s arms export monopoly said on Wednesday.Nikolai Dimidyuk, Rosoboronexport`s special programs director, said Indonesia could also buy other Russian warplanes as well as Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters."Indonesia is still very interested in Russian fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft," he told Ria Novosti.He expressed confidence the Russian Finance Ministry would soon approve a $1 billion loan for Indonesia. "We are sure that this loan will be used to buy arms," Dimidyuk said. He added that Indonesia had asked Russia to modernize its Soviet-era weapons and equipment. "All of their Soviet-made weapons are obsolete," he said.(lnd/ann)