I have watched the press between Vietnam and Russia lately. There was rumors about submarine sales in the works. Looks like they were more than just rumors…
Nothing ever became fact on information from Putin’s visit to Vietnam last year in December. The information just became fact. Looks like Vietnam is buying six (6) Kilo class diesel submarines. We have talked about these submarines before and they are nicknamed The Black Holes, because of their ability to just disappear in the seas…
Looks like this is the largest sale of Navel Military hardware in Russia’s history. In fact Russia seems to be expressing that they will sell around 40 of these subs to various countries by the year 2015.
From reports coming from various sources at least 29 Kilo class subs have been exported to China, India, Iran, Poland, Romania and Algeria. Over the last number of years…
Interesting…
Windows to Russia!