The United States plans to buy 18,000 Russian air-to-air missiles for its F-15 and F/A-18 fighters, an official from the Russian manufacturer Vympel, a partner of US aircraft maker Boeing, said on Tuesday quoted by Interfax-AVN.
According to the designer, Gennady Sokolovsky, the RVV-AE missiles will be installed on "fighters sold abroad" because US legislation does not allow imported weaponry to be installed on equipment used by the American military.
"After September 11, Boeing decided to return to projects we have discussed for several years. We will provide radars for these missiles," said the director of the Russian agency for radio-electronic military systems, Vladimir Simonov.
Thursday, March 21, 2002
US Might Buy Russian Missiles
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