– India Scraps Major Arms Purchase with France, Inks Major Deal with Russia (Russia Insider, April 15, 2015):
India’s Congress Party has canceled most of its order of 126 French Rafales and opted for a large order of Russian Sukhois
This article originally appeared at Daily of the Breton State. It was translated by Tom Winter at Fort Russ
India has essentially annulled it gigantic arms contract with France for the purchase and combined construction of 126 Rafale fighter planes; the Indian Prime Minister agreed to buy only
36 of them during his visit to Paris last week, a responsible government source stated. Instead, India will buy 127 fifth generation Russian fighter jets.
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