Disappointed with the US-made Abrams, Kuwait has publicly announced its desire to buy Russia's most powerful tank today, the T-90MS.
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| Information about Kuwait's purchase of T-90MS was reported by Russian 24 TV channel, citing a statement by Sergei Chemenov, General Director of Rostec Corporation. Kuwait sees many benefits from Russia's T-90MS main battle tank and is negotiating to buy this version. |
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| The Rostec leader added that the contract could be signed soon. Before this information was made public, the T-90MS version was successfully tested in the desert in Kuwait and the army of this country was very satisfied with the results. Therefore, the T-90MS contract will be signed soon. |
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| The news that Kuwait publicly wanted to buy T-90MS tanks really surprised the US because this is a long-standing market for this country. Especially now, this Middle Eastern country owns about 200 Abrams tanks made in the US. |
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| Faced with this reality, Defense News believes that the reason Kuwait suddenly wants to buy Russian tanks comes from many different causes, including the problem of the strength and reliability of the Abrams that Kuwait currently owns. |
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| In addition, Kuwait has repeatedly requested the US to upgrade all of its more than 200 Abrams tanks in recent years to meet new threats arising in the region, including the growth of extremist Islamic terrorist groups in the region. However, this request has not yet received US approval. |
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| According to public information, in addition to the Abrams tanks of American origin, the Kuwaiti Army is currently equipped with many modern weapons such as F/A-18 fighter jets (39 aircraft), AH-64D helicopters (16 aircraft), Patriot air defense systems... all of which are manufactured by the US. |
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| However, things have changed when Kuwait has publicly announced its desire to buy Russian weapons to gradually replace similar products made in the US. However, not only Kuwait, many countries in the Middle East are also looking to Russian weapons in their defense procurement packages. |
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| Currently, along with Kuwait wanting to buy T-90MS, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) negotiating to buy Su-35 multi-role fighters, Iraq has also publicly wanted to buy T-90MS, showing that American weapons are gradually losing ground in places that are considered traditional markets. (Photo in the article: T-90MS tank tested in Kuwait). |
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