December22, 2006:
India is buying another 40 Su-30 warplanes from Russia. India is
already building 140 Su-30s under license, but the air force convinced the
government that, in order to maintain air superiority in the region, more
Su-30s should be obtained quickly, and that could only be done by ordering some
from Russia. India is apparently concerned with F-16s being purchased by
Pakistan.
