ROSVOOROUZHENIE TO BOOST IGLA MISSILES SUPPLY TO
ASIA-PACIFIC
The Russian Rosvoorouzhenie state company plans to expand the
supply of the Igla mobile air defense systems to the Asia-Pacific
market. The hope is based on a successful contract on the Singapore
production of the Igla system on a basis of the Russian license and
the related technical assistance, head of the Rosvoorouzhenie
delegation Mikhail Heifits told RCAAM in an interview before
leaving for Singapore on May 2.
The Igla promotion in Singapore started in 1996 after signing of a
contract on the supply of 440 systems, the training of Singapore
specialists and the joint research and development for a period of
2002. The 440 systems were supplied to Singapore in 1997.
Two contracts on the supply of 12 Dzhigit launcher units for the
Igla system and the placing of the Igla system on a foreign-made
chassis were signed in March and May of 1997. The launcher units
were supplied in January 1999.
A draft contract on the Igla production in Singapore on a basis of
the Russian license and with the Russian technical assistance was
submitted to the Singapore side in May 1997. The contract was
signed, and 3,000 missiles are expected to be assembled within five
years, Kheifits said.
A new contract was signed in February 1999 on the supply of
targeting equipment and the Russian assistance to the Igla shooting
with the use of the Dzhigit launcher units. The shooting will be
done at training grounds in South Africa rented by the Singapore
Defense Ministry, the Rosvoorouzhenie executive said.
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