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BMP-3 Infantry Vehicles Likely To Be Modernized By Russia

June 02 2010

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates and Russia are negotiating a possible deal to modernize the Emirates' fleet of BMP-3 infantry vehicles, RIA Novosti reports.

The ongoing talks in Abu Dhabi have focused on "full modernization" of the Russian-built vehicles "to seriously increase their combat capability," a Russian industry official said.

The BMP-3s in the U.A.E. were supplied by Kurganmashzavod, a machine building company based in western Siberia.

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