Peruvian Ministry of Defense has awarded an order for 24 Mi-171Sh helicopters to Russia; US aircrafts flown into South Sudan to help with evacuation efforts come under fire from the rebels
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  • According to reports, the Peruvian Ministry of Defense has awarded an order for 24 Mi-171Sh helicopters to Russian defense export company Rosoboronexport. The contract is estimated to be worth US $500 million. The aircrafts are scheduled to be delivered from 2014 to 2015, with the first batch of the helos expected to be supplied by Dec. 9, 2014. According to the reports, the new copters are to be used by the Peruvian armed forces in operations to counter drug trafficking and terrorism. Under the contract, a helicopter maintenance and repair center is also to be opened in Peru in early 2016. In 2010 also the Peruvian defense ministry had ordered six Mi-171Sh copters and two Mi-35P helos from Russia, which were delivered by the end of 2011. 1
    In another development, according to reports, US aircrafts flown into South Sudan to help with evacuation efforts came under fire on December 21, wounding four US servicemen. Three US military aircraft that were trying to land at Bor, a rebel-held city in Jonglei state, were fired on and forced to return to neighboring Uganda with one of the aircraft hit and leaking fuel. The US operation was part of a major regional effort to evacuate foreign nationals from across the country. As fighting in the country escalated, the impoverished nation is on the brink of all-out civil war. 2

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