Sri Lanka to get surface-to-air missiles from Russia
(March 25, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Defence Ministry is now negotiating with Russia to procure a Radar Controlled Missile System for the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), Colombo based Sunday Times reported.
According to the report, “Among those under consideration are S 300 and Buk 27 missiles. Both these surface-to-air missiles are capable of engaging aircraft and UAVs (umanned aerial vehicles) in addition to providing some cruise and ballistic missile defence capability.”
Featured Image: Kapila Jayampathi, incumbent Air Force Commander of Sri Lanka is receiving a gift from the Deputy CEO – Director of Air Force Equipment Export Department of a blacklisted Russian company JSC Rosoboronexport, Sergey K. Kornev, during his visit in Russia.
