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Turkey: Russia to purchase new UAVs in 2010

Istanbul, Turkey - The statements by Russian deputy Minister of Defense at "IDEF 2009"

Russia's Armed Forces are to be equipped with new domestically-produced drones in 2010, a deputy Russian defense minister responsible for military procurements said Tuesday. "Russian drones not inferior to foreign varieties will appear in a year, no earlier", General of the Army Vladimir Popovkin said at the "IDEF 2009", the defense industry exhibition in Istanbul. The issue of insufficient...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103662
Rome, Italy, 04/28/2009 18:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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