MI-35 deal between Moscow And Islamabad politically approved!

[HAIDER]

Photo courtesy: Wikimedia commons
ISLAMABAD: Russian envoy to Pakistan Alexey Dedov on Wednesday said that the MI-35 helicopter deal with Moscow and Islamabad is "politically approved", Radio Pakistan reported.

In an interview with Radio Pakistan, Dedov said that the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu will visit Islamabad soon. The report further stated that Alexey Dedov said the deal between Pakistan and Russia will help combat terrorism.

While Dedov said the deal has been "politically approved", further negotiations on details of the political-commercial contract are in progress.

The ambassador also said that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has talks with Pakistani counterparts on his agenda, to discuss the sale of defence equipment to Pakistan.

Pakistan’s request for MI-35 helicopters has been on the table since 2009, but Russia had kept the issue pending because of the Indian factor.

India had long been Russia’s ‘exclusive military technical cooperation partner’. However, Moscow has reportedly downgraded that status to ‘preferred partner’ after India diversified its defence procurements and increasingly began relying on Western sources for meeting its hardware requirements. Russia has, meanwhile, reviewed its policy of selling military equipment to Pakistan.

Ambassador Dedov, however, had earlier maintained that there was no ban on selling defence equipment to Pakistan.

MI-35s are multi-purpose military transport helicopters which can be used for combat missions.

The Pakistan government has been saying that it genuinely needed these helicopters for counter-terrorism operations.
dawn.com

 

[Jf Thunder]

bari jaldi yaad aa gaya, i thought this issue had died

 

[HAIDER]

Atleast someone is providing a battle proven technology and Pak army aviation knows engine technology , previously maintaining Mi8 to Mi17 , since last many decades. Practically its good choice , going after Chinese, Turkish,Italian and S.African helicopter. All these helicopters has one common problem, which is " engine". All of them are engine importers and also high tech avionics.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Indian posters on Dawn site are going berserk calling Russian equipment junk, relic and useless and mostly asking how Pakistan will pay for it. its "heartening" to see a flurry of honest comments our neighbours find necessary to make about us.


Deal to sell MI-35 helicopters 'politically approved': Russian envoy - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[GORKHALI]

Photo courtesy: Wikimedia commons
ISLAMABAD: Russian envoy to Pakistan Alexey Dedov on Wednesday said that the MI-35 helicopter deal with Moscow and Islamabad is "politically approved", Radio Pakistan reported.

In an interview with Radio Pakistan, Dedov said that the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu will visit Islamabad soon. The report further stated that Alexey Dedov said the deal between Pakistan and Russia will help combat terrorism.

While Dedov said the deal has been "politically approved", further negotiations on details of the political-commercial contract are in progress.

The ambassador also said that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has talks with Pakistani counterparts on his agenda, to discuss the sale of defence equipment to Pakistan.

Pakistan’s request for MI-35 helicopters has been on the table since 2009, but Russia had kept the issue pending because of the Indian factor.

India had long been Russia’s ‘exclusive military technical cooperation partner’. However, Moscow has reportedly downgraded that status to ‘preferred partner’ after India diversified its defence procurements and increasingly began relying on Western sources for meeting its hardware requirements. Russia has, meanwhile, reviewed its policy of selling military equipment to Pakistan.

Ambassador Dedov, however, had earlier maintained that there was no ban on selling defence equipment to Pakistan.

MI-35s are multi-purpose military transport helicopters which can be used for combat missions.

The Pakistan government has been saying that it genuinely needed these helicopters for counter-terrorism operations.
dawn.com

Well he didn't mention why India diversified from Russia ?
1>Spare issue
2>Huge quality issue
3>Non compliance with the TOT eg T90 Smooth bore barrel TOT was not transferred
4>Plays Monopoly and always throw a spanner during up gradation eg: T90 again ,it stopped DRDO to upgrade it.
5>Sudden cost hike in between the deal.
6>Long delays in delivery
7>DRDO raised its indigenization from 30% to 40-45% .

 

[GORKHALI]

Indian posters on Dawn site are going berserk calling Russian equipment junk, relic and useless and mostly asking how Pakistan will pay for it. its "heartening" to see a flurry of honest comments our neighbours find necessary to make about us.


Deal to sell MI-35 helicopters 'politically approved': Russian envoy - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Well it was started by your pakistani fellow.
Salman Khan
about an hour ago
So any comments my Indian Friends ?? LOLZ

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Well it was started by your pakistani fellow.
Salman Khan
about an hour ago
So any comments my Indian Friends ?? LOLZ

hehe thats true
its a fun site nonetheless
no moderation what so ever
like PDF, Dawn site has more Indian hits and comments

 

[GORKHALI]

hehe thats true
its a fun site nonetheless
no moderation what so ever
like PDF, Dawn site has more Indian hits and comments

Its a 1.2 billion country and we are everywhere in nos.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Its a 1.2 billion country and we are everywhere in nos.

true true
looks like Mr khan asked you guys out hahaha

 

[Muhammad Omar]

how many Mi-25 are we getting??

 

[SrNair]

Indian posters on Dawn site are going berserk calling Russian equipment junk, relic and useless and mostly asking how Pakistan will pay for it. its "heartening" to see a flurry of honest comments our neighbours find necessary to make about us.


Deal to sell MI-35 helicopters 'politically approved': Russian envoy - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Dont worry sir .
We already have a lot of experience with these Russian tech.It is good ,all weather.Only issue is its maintenance .Russian systems are maintenance ghost .Just look at our Su-30.
And they are already tested our patience due to INS Viky.I think MI 35 would be more than enough for Pakistan for dealing with terrorists.

 

[rockstar08]

the big question is " WHEN " ?

 

[proud.pakistani]

the big question is " WHEN " ?

When we won't need them.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Dont worry sir .
We already have a lot of experience with these Russian tech.It is good ,all weather.Only issue is its maintenance .Russian systems are maintenance ghost .Just look at our Su-30.
And they are already tested our patience due to INS Viky.I think MI 35 would be more than enough for Pakistan for dealing with terrorists.

and thats what they are being procured for. specifically to deal with terrorism issues along the western borders with Afghanistan.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

great news bro