FSMTC confirms India’s request to assemble another 18 Su-30MKIs

Kommersant has obtained confirmation from Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) that India is requesting to assemble another 18 Su-30MKI fighters for $1 billion.

Sukhoi SU-30MKI
By g4sp [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons


This will allow India to form one more squadron, bring the number of units equipped with the fighter to 14.

Source