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By Paul Fiddian
Russia is selling Indonesia 37 more BMP-3F amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, it's been announced, complementing the 17 already in service.
The IFVs will be supplied on a rolling basis over the next 14 months, according to local media reports, through a deal established between the two nations back in 2007.
This deal, in effect, gives Indonesia the capability to order $1bn in Russian arms and, besides the BMP-3Fs, the nation's also set to acquire Mil Mi-17 transport helicopters, Mil Mi-35M helicopter gunships and a pair of submarines.
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