Brunei became interested in Russian air defense, marine equipment, and MBT

T-90MS

One new possible importers of Russian weapons - Brunei - expressed interest in acquiring a Russian air defense (AD), and marine equipment, told reporters on Thursday, deputy general director of "Rosoboronexport" Nicholas Dimidyuk .

"Brunei needs protection from air and sea. It's not just coastal defense complexes" Ball ", but also high-speed boats (" Lightning "and" Mirage "), which could hit targets at great distances," - he said on the results of Armory exhibition DSA-2012.

9K317E Buk M2E / MZKT-6922 battery component models at Zhuhai 2010 (Air Power Australia)

Dimidyuk said that Brunei would also be interested in air defense systems "Buk" and "Thor." He stressed that the missile is being developed for the "Torah" can not hit targets 10 kilometers away, as now, but at 20.

The deputy head of "Rosoboronexport" added the Minister of Defence of Brunei became interested in the possibility of purchase of Russian T-90MS, interactive presentation which was held specifically for the Brunei delegation.

The Buk M2E / SA-17 Grizzly 9A317 TELAR is equipped with the new NIIP 9S36 passive phased array engagement radar, which provides the capability to concurrently track and illuminate multiple targets  for the four 9M317  Grizzly SAM rounds. (Air Power Australia)

According to him, this tank is also interested in, and Malaysia. "After the presentation of the upgraded T-90MS commander in chief of the armed forces of Malaysia has set the task to hold it (the presentation) for its employees. They will watch and study, they observed a very high quality of Russian heavy armored vehicles," - said the deputy director.

PT-91M Pendekar

He stressed that the characteristics of the T-90MS far beyond the capabilities of the Polish tank "Hard," which is a modernization of the Soviet T-72 (formerly Malaysia bought 46 of these machines).

"We talked about their modernization," - said Dimidyuk. He pointed out that if there is agreement on the part of Poles, Russian specialists are ready to upgrade the tanks to the level of T-90.

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