A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Russian government is ready to proceed with negotiations on arms sales to Iran. At the Dubai Air Show, the director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Dmitry …
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Earlier this week, Iraq announced that it had received 39 T-90 main battle tanks from Russia. The tanks are divided among two battalions. Earlier this year, Iraq took delivery of …
Read More The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) released details on Russian arms sales to a number of Middle Eastern countries. The FSMTC reiterated that Ka-52 and MiG-29M/M2 deliveries to …
Read More Speaking to Tass News Agency on September 12, 2017, Russian presidential aide for military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin discussed arms sales to various countries, including Middle Eastern clients. Regarding the potential …
Read More Russia will begin receiving the newly modernized T-90M main battle tank in 2018. Speaking to Tass News Agency, UralVagonZavod CEO Alexander Potapov said in reference to the T-90M, “We are …
Read More Russia is looking to begin testing a newly-modernized version of its T-80 tank, according to the Chief of the Main Armored Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry. Tass News Agency …
Read More Russia has signed a ‘major contract’ for the supply of armored vehicles to Iraq. Tass News Agency reported on August 24, 2017 that it had been informed by the director …
Read More Iraq will soon receive its first batch of T-90 main battle tanks. Speaking to Sputnik International on August 14, 2017, Russia’s Ambassador to Iraq, Maksim Maksimov, confirmed that deliveries would …
Read More Iraq has been confirmed as a buyer for the T-90 main battle tank. Izvestia cited the Russian presidential aide Vladimir Kozhin as saying on July 20, 2017 that Iraq had …
Read More T-90 tanks will be built in Egypt under a license-production agreement. In its 2016 report, UralVagonZavod announced that it will build a facility for the licensed production of T-90S main …
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