India, Malaysia to deepen defence ties, set up Su-30 forum

Russian Aviaton » Wednesday November 25, 2015 03:12 MSK

Su-30 | © Roman Gusarov

India and Malaysia plan to exchange notes on exploiting common military platforms and upgrading joint training exercises as part of a new thrust in defence relations agreed upon during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kuala Lumpur.

While India has in the past trained Malaysian air force pilots on the Russian Su-30 fighter aircraft that is operated by both nations, the two countries have now decided to set up a 'Su-30 forum', a joint platform that will exchange information on tr ..

The potent Su-30 fighter - India flies the customised MKI version while Malaysia operates the MKM variant - is being operated in the largest numbers by the Indian Air Force that will eventually get 272 of the jets.

"We have considerable experience on the fighters and have operated them in all conditions. We can share our experience on things like maintenance as well as flight safety with Malaysia," an air force official told ET. Maintenance expertise as well as spares developed by state ..

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