US acquiring 81 'obsolete' Soviet-era combat aircraft from key Russian

Why is US acquiring 81 'obsolete' Soviet-era combat aircraft from key Russian ally Kazakhstan? In a surprising development, the United States has bought a large haul of Soviet-era combat planes from Kazakhstan, one of Russia's key allies. According to reports, Washington acquired 81 obsolete Soviet-era combat planes from Kazakhstan, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers, with a declared sale value of $2.26 million, which means that each plane cost $19,300.These combat planes were built in the 1970s and 1980s and are now completely obsolete, and Kazakhstan has been slowly replacing its outdated aircraft with modern versions, such as the Russian Su-30SM multi-role aircraft. The Kazakh government auctioned 117 Soviet-era fighter and bomber aircraft in October and highlighted that they were in an unusable state, and their modernisation deemed economically unviable. [Read more]( If you would prefer not receiving our emails, please [Click Here](