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Old 03-10-2008, 13:17 PM   #16 (permalink)
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interesting, when PLAAF bough their SUs, they pay for with Yuan and 50% in barter currency.


of course Russian economy is different now.
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Brilliant. Probably close to the truth, too.
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Brilliant. Probably close to the truth, too.
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That wasn't quite what I meant, but thanks. How much did the whole lot of "Fulcrums" cost in Rupees?
Will the Russians take the payments in Ruppee?
To get the value in rupee multiply

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Maybe, its a gift in terms of, "Well, you ripped us off on the Gorshkov, but despite that heres another contract worth almost a billion due to our decades old friendship."
That article was trying to poke fun of the situation, everyone is.
If what the Russians offered in upgrade was better to other stuff on offer, its best to go with the Russians.
Its not as if we hold any real cards.
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