Russia and China Cozy up with Russia providing 34 Mi-171 helicopters

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Reference:
Russia to sell 34 helicopters to China by August - People's Daily Online

Russia will finalize the sale of 34 transportation helicopters to China by August, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.

The Mi-171 helicopters are being built in a plant in Russia's Buryat republic. The plant is a part of the Russian Helicopters holding.

The plant's CEO, Leonid Belykh, said the contract for building the helicopters was signed in 2010.

"This is not the first and hopefully not the last contract with our Chinese partners," he said.

Belykh said that Russian helicopter builders have been gradually shifting their cooperation with China from direct shipment to joint projects.

Russia and China have been negotiating on a joint venture for localization of assembly of the Russian helicopters, he said.

The Mi-171 can be used for both commercial and military purposes, depending on modifications.

 

[mikkix]

Russia and China have been negotiating on a joint venture for localization of assembly of the Russian helicopters

Gr8 china..

 

[Akasa]

Great, this will boost our industries.

 

[ChinaToday]

russia realised india can not be trusted so now they are looking for closer partners and allies in the region

 

[Markus]

russia realised india can not be trusted so now they are looking for closer partners and allies in the region

and you think China is the substitute.

 

[WARRANT]

russia realised india can not be trusted so now they are looking for closer partners and allies in the region

As if its the first time there is a deal between Russia and China ..
Russia needs to worry about their designs now.

ctrl+c and ctrl+v coming up.

 

[ZhengHe]

As if its the first time there is a deal between Russia and China ..
Russia needs to worry about their designs now.

ctrl+c and ctrl+v coming up.

If only it was that easy.

 

[ARSENAL6]

As if its the first time there is a deal between Russia and China ..
Russia needs to worry about their designs now.

ctrl+c and ctrl+v coming up.

WOW is Rassis is that bad that all you need to do copy and paste ?

Its no wonder Russia hates India.

 

[Zabaniyah]

WOW is Rassis is that bad that all you need to do copy and paste ?

Its no wonder Russia hates India.

I think he was referring to China copying Russian equipment. It is partly true at best as far as military technology goes.

As if its the first time there is a deal between Russia and China ..
Russia needs to worry about their designs now.

ctrl+c and ctrl+v coming up.

Much of the military equipment my country procures from China have completely different (technically) designs and configurations compared to the Russian ones.

As far as helicopters go, China already produces licensed versions of the Aérospatiale Super Frelon and Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin.

The French and the Chinese also jointly developed the Eurocopter EC175 (A.K.A Avicopter Z-15).

This is the civilian variant by the way.