While a lot of Russia’s weapons are upgrades to their Soviet-era arsenal, it is increasingly developing more advanced systems, including the S-400 surface-to-air missile defence system which has been sold to China, India, Syria and Turkey. India is also one of only six countries in the world that operate nuclear-powered submarines it has on lease from Russia. Between 20 Russia delivered about 400 fighter jets including the Sukhoi and MiG family of jets, to at least 13 countries. Russia exports a variety of weapons including planes, engines, missiles, armoured vehicles and air defence systems.Īircraft make up nearly half (48.6 percent) of Russian arms exports. Half of India’s total arms imports, 49.3 percent, come from Russia.Ĭhina is the second-largest buyer of Russian weaponry at $5.1bn over the same period followed by Algeria ($4.2bn), Egypt ($3.3bn), and Vietnam ($1.7bn), according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI). Its biggest customer, India, bought 23 percent of Russia’s weapons for some $6.5bn over the past five years. Russia exports nearly 90 percent of its arms to 10 countries. Between 20, Moscow sold $28bn of weapons to 45 countries. Russia is the world’s second-largest arms exporter, behind the United States, accounting for roughly 20 percent of global weapons sales.
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