India to buy 16 more Russian MiG jets
India is to buy 16 MiG-29K fighter jets from Russia under a deal agreed during this week's visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Moscow, the Izvestia newspaper said yesterday.
The jets are to be modified for use on aircraft carriers, the newspaper said, noting that India recently bought a Russian aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov.
The newspaper gave no details on the financial cost of the deal, or the timescale for delivery.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. However the RIA-Novosti quoted a senior MiG official, Mikhail Globenko, as saying the deal included the setting up of a centre in India for servicing the jets.
The fighter jets will be an updated version of MiG fighter jets Russia previously supplied to India, the news agency said.
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