Algeria is negotiating the purchase of Russian-developed Su-30MKI aircraft being produced under license in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) (Bangalore, India). The proposed package, which reportedly includes enough aircraft to equip one or two squadrons, also includes the purchase of an unspecified number of T-90 tanks being produced under license at the Avadhi Heavy Vehicle Factory in southern India.


Algeria is currently negotiating the purchase of Su-30MKI aircraft that are being produced under license in India. Reports indicate that the North African nation may be looking to buy enough aircraft to equip one or two squadrons.
Piotr Butowski
India is currently producing 140 Su-30MKI aircraft under license from Russia (see "Indian AF Su-30MKIs Nearly Ready"). The memorandum of understanding for license production of the 140 Su-30MKIs, intended only for Indian use, was signed in October 2000 during a visit of Russian President Vladmir Putin to New Delhi, and an agreement was inked the following January with Russia's Irkutsk Design Bureau for setting up a dedicated Su-30 production line at HAL's aircraft design center at Nasik. Russia's Irkutsk Aviation Production Association (IAPO) (Irkutsk, Russia) and HAL are the two industry partners in the program.

http://www.edefenseonline.com/default.asp?func=article&aref=06_01_2005_OM_01

Well, that would really suck. I would never sell the aircrafts to any other country. MKI is MKI. The technology should not go out.

But after all it's still Russian technology, and so they do have the rights to sell it. Money is money.

Whatever they do, they cannot sell MKI to Algeria. It may be an MKA. Remember, the I in MKI stands for India. :tumble:
Jokes apart, they also wont be able to equip the algerian version with the deadly Brahmos missile without consent from both the nations.

:D lol
Isn't the Brahmos an anti-ship missile? I don't even think Algeria needs that since they're coastline is so small and it's Europe right above them.

forever russia