11-16-2003, 01:33 AM
India to base planes in Tajikistan
Engineers working to strengthen runway
quote : India is likely to station some aircraft at the Farkhor military base in Tajikistan, where Indian engineers are now working to strengthen a runway, aircraft pens and other facilities.
Details about the aircraft or personnel to be stationed at the base are not known but there is a possibility of India acquiring some assets from within the Central Asian region to be placed there. About 70 per cent of the equipment with Indian armed forces is of Soviet/Russian origin and nearly 100 per cent of that has commonality with what is used in the five Central Asian states.
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Engineers working to strengthen runway
quote : India is likely to station some aircraft at the Farkhor military base in Tajikistan, where Indian engineers are now working to strengthen a runway, aircraft pens and other facilities.
Details about the aircraft or personnel to be stationed at the base are not known but there is a possibility of India acquiring some assets from within the Central Asian region to be placed there. About 70 per cent of the equipment with Indian armed forces is of Soviet/Russian origin and nearly 100 per cent of that has commonality with what is used in the five Central Asian states.
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