US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says.

[itermathi]

Kazakhstan, which is upgrading its air fleet, auctioned 117 Soviet-era fighter jets and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter-bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s.

The Kyiv Post reported that the declared sale value was one billion Kazakh tenge, or $2.26 million, equivalent to an average value for each plane of $19,300.

The outlet cited reports from the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA and the Russian news site Reporter saying the US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes.

 

[Starmix]

The war seems to escalate soon. It's terrifying. There's no place to hide. Let's pray for peace and prosperity.

 

[itermathi]

The war seems to escalate soon. It's terrifying. There's no place to hide. Let's pray for peace and prosperity.

We must be strong in moments of turmoil, may God protect us.

 

[mrki444]

Who bought it at end now, Kazahstan or US? Or US rebuy it from Kazahstan? I guess US want stop Russia to fix it and use in Ukraine war.

 

[magnus2022]

Kazakhstan, which is upgrading its air fleet, auctioned 117 Soviet-era fighter jets and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter-bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s.

The Kyiv Post reported that the declared sale value was one billion Kazakh tenge, or $2.26 million, equivalent to an average value for each plane of $19,300.

The outlet cited reports from the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA and the Russian news site Reporter saying the US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes.

The question is what is United States doing with Soviet fighter jets? I believe United States want to have look at Soviet technology and how it is evolving. United States have more sophisticated bombers than those old fighter jets.

 

[Augusta]

Well, I hope this is not to help other countries do more attacks as US would always help others with their acquired weapons