October 11, 2012: On September 21st the first Russian Su-30SM
two-seat fighter flew. Thirty of this model were ordered back in April
and deliveries to the Russian Air Force are to begin in six months. The
Su-30SM is a Russian Air Force version of the Su-30MKI that has long
been exported (to India, Algeria and Malaysia). For the last two decades
Russian defense manufacturers have survived on exports. The Russian
military halted most procurement spending after the Soviet Union
collapsed in 1991 (largely from financial mismanagement).
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