RUSSIA TO PUT MORE AIRCRAFT ON DUTY IN BELARUS
Russia intends to put more aircraft and helicopters on duty in Belarus, learned from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Alexander Surikov during the press conference in Minsk on 17 December.
The diplomat reminded that Russian jet fighters have been on duty in Belarus since December 2013. “Plans have been made to increase the amount of hardware on duty up to 12 combat aircraft and two trainer aircraft. The first wing of four military helicopters Mi-8 will be deployed to bolster the on-duty forces in the Belarusian airspace. The Belarusian army will also get four air defense missile systems S-300,” said Alexander Surikov.
According to the Ambassador, Belarus and Russia cooperate in the military sphere and the military technology sphere rather successfully. “As many as 99 Belarusian enterprises and 940 Russian enterprises use manufacturing cooperation schemes to make end products. The share of Belarusian products in the Russian defense order is already at 15%. And the Russian defense order is a colossal amount of money,” noted Alexander Surikov.
