New arms and hardware, including Russian Su-30SM fighter jets will be delivered to the Belarussian armed forces in 2021, First Deputy Air Force Commander Andrey Gurtsevich said.
“The air force and air defense annually receive new arms and hardware. The second batch of four Su-30SM will be delivered shortly. A contract has been signed to procure four Mi-35 helicopters,” he said.
Belarussian antiaircraft and radar units will also receive new arms. “Belarussian-made Vostok and Russian-made Protivnik-G radars are to be supplied this year,” Gurtsevich said.
Contracts are being drafted to procure Pantsir-S and S-400 air defense systems in Russia. A joint training center is to be created in Belarus to train operators of the weapons, he said.
Belarus; Air Force orders additional Su-30SM and Mi-35 from Russia