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Indian Air Force’s Integration Of British ASRAAM Missile On Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Irks Russia
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The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) move to integrate British Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air missile (ASRAAM) to Russian-origin Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jets has not gone down well with the Moscow, reports LiveFist.
“No country would allow this,” said Vladimir Drozhzhov, deputy director of Russia’s Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC). He said this while answering queries of a group of visiting Indian journalists at the Rosoboronexport offices in Moscow.
“This is mostly out of concern for the security of the technology. We are concerned about a foreign manufacturer invited to integrate anything on our equipment,” he added.
He also confirmed that Russia had received no formal communication from the IAF about the move.
As per the report, IAF is looking to replace the Russian-made Vympel R-73 missile with the ASRAAM in phases, and then standardise the British missile across its fleet of fighter aircraft.
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