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Mi-17 helicopter

Russian Military and Technical Cooperation Agency 27, said that Russia will sell the U.S. military Mi-17 military helicopter, equipped with the Afghan air force.

Russian news agencies quoted a spokesman for Military Technical Cooperation Bureau then reported that the Russian defense export contracts with the U.S. Army Command, sold 21 m-17V5 utility helicopters, scheduled for October delivered the first batch of products.

Afghan air force chief of staff Abdul Wahab Wardak said earlier, each priced at $ 17.5 million helicopter.

This contract also includes spare parts, equipment maintenance and technical support.

Mi-17 helicopter is a Mi-8 “Hippo” helicopter of the export model, carrying capacity, can carry up to 37 people.

Russia, U.S. talks on the deal more than a year. In 2006, the United States for violating nuclear non-proliferation law on the grounds that sanctions the Russian defense exports, 2010 lifting of sanctions.

However, over the past four years, the United States by a third party to purchase the form from commercial companies to buy dozens of Mi-17 helicopters, supply Afghanistan and Iraq. (Xinhua News Agency Reuters)

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