Su-30s for Uganda. Or not?
It seems the reporting about the sale of Su-30s to Uganda is likely to be wrong. Or should we interpret the silence of the Ugandese minister of defence as a sign that something will be ordered anyway?
Uganda denies buying Russian jets
Ugandan army spokesperson Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye dismissed the reports as untrue.
“We had negotiations with the Russians over the jet fighters but upon realising that the cost was too high, we decided otherwise,” he said. “We never entered into an agreement with them.”
Instead, he said, the Ugandan airforce decided to send its six MIG-21 fighter planes for overhaul to Russia about two weeks ago. He did not say at what cost.
Defence minister Crispus Kiyonga said he first needed to see the details of the media reports before commenting.
Russia signs $1.2 bln contract for jet fighter delivery to Algeria, Uganda
Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed two contracts worth $1.2 billion on the deliveries of 16 jet fighters to Algeria and another six fighters to Uganda, the Russian Vedomosti daily reported on Monday.
The two African nations will receive different models of the Su-30 Flanker fighters. Algiers will receive 16 Su-30-MKI(A)s and Kampala will receive six Su-30MK2s, the paper said.
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