Baghdad Strikes Deal For 'Large Batch' Of T-90 Tanks From Russia
July 24 2017
The Iraqi government has made a deal with Moscow for modernized T-90MS main battle tanks, according to a Russian presidential aide, cited by the Sputnik news agency (Russia).
He called it a "significant contract for a large batch." He said he could not "name its exact worth but the [number of tanks] is large," Vladimir Kozhin told the Izvestia newspaper.
The Uralvagonzavod defense firm previously indicated that an initial batch of 73 tanks would be delivered to Iraq in 2017. ...
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