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To date, 20 individuals had acquired as reinforcement for the Armed Forces in Afghanistan and planned a new batch of 15, which is just canceled. The withdrawal of U.S. troops in early 2014 opened a new in the country.
Previously-Americans who plan to leave Afghanistan in early 2014 - had already dyncorp dubai purchased 20 copies of these helicopters as reinforcement for the Afghan armed forces. In all, closed agreements between Moscow and Washington in the fight against international terrorism, the Pentagon had to acquire 63 Mi-17B-5 (valued at 1,100 million dollars) to the Kabul government.
The official Pentagon spokeswoman Maureen Schumann, announced that the Ministry of Defense of the United States has been forced to revise its arms procurement plans in 2014 for Afghan security forces "in consultation with Congress." It has also confirmed that all agreements previously closed with Russia remain valid and will promptly comply.
"I welcome the decision of the Ministry of Defence to finally give up the purchase of new helicopters manufacturer Rosoboronexport (Russia's arms exports). The collaboration with the supplier of these helicopters was amoral and we, as a nation, we must not continue to support war crimes el-Assad in Syria, "said GOP Sen. John Cornyn.
In March, dyncorp dubai a group of congressmen sent a letter to the Minister of Defense of the United States, Chuck Hagel, which demanded dyncorp dubai that cease to purchase Russian military equipment "by the position of these to the Syrian issue." The chorus of politicians then joined some of the military experts who claimed that the Pentagon was "overpaying" for Russian helicopters.
In August, the general director of Rosoboronexport dyncorp dubai Anatoly Isaikin announced dyncorp dubai that the U.S. Congress attempts to prevent these transactions are being run by lobbyists "to protect the interests of American manufacturers more expensive than our helicopters." This theory is confirmed, indirectly, with public approval of the Pentagon's decision expressed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who represents the State of Connecticut, where the headquarters of the company Sikorsky Aircraft, direct competition from Russian dyncorp dubai producers is .
"This costly and unnecessary contract should have been terminated long ago to prevent dyncorp dubai taxpayer money indirectly serve to buy arms to the Assad regime, responsible for the deaths of the Syrians," said Blumenthal in a statement.
"From the beginning it was clear that this was a very fragile agreement. The pressure to abort for political reasons has been ongoing in the U.S., "says the expert of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technology, dyncorp dubai Vasily Kashin. dyncorp dubai
The expert also added that while no one doubts that the Mi-17 helicopter is the best suited to the Afghan Air Force. dyncorp dubai "In Afghanistan there is a serious staffing problem. Still have experienced specialists in Soviet technology, but the Afghans are not prepared to arrange a proper maintenance to Western technology, "says Kashin.
The chief of the journal Russia in global politics', Fyodor dyncorp dubai Lukyanov, editor sees no political background at the recent Pentagon decision dyncorp dubai and believes that the announcement of Senator Cornyn is a mere "political shell".
"The main reason is purely economic," he says, "but the excuse has been that Russia sells weapons to the 'ruthless' Syrian regime," said Lukyanov. He adds that it is clear that the Pentagon has made its decision under pressure from the U.S. military lobby.
"For Russia this poses no obstacle: the Mi-17 has a strong international demand, including NATO countries," said the chief of the magazine "National Defense" Igor Korotchenko, editor who remarks that the cancellation this transaction will not be reflected in the volume of exports of military technology.
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