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by petre 71 days ago
> Most countries that historically had a Soviet/Russian kit are now mandating French+Israeli interoperability becuase of India's success at using it to replace older Soviet or Russian systems where possible.

Elbit also has previous experience retrofitting Soviet MiG-21s to operate with NATO munitions.
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alephnerd 71 days ago
Yep, because India demanded Israeli munitions (which are NATO compatible) be interoperable with the MiG-21 and other Russian/Soviet jets India had in the 1990s.

India was the 2nd largest MiG-21 operator in it's heyday and the only one that also operated NATO compatible munitions.

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petre 70 days ago
> India was the 2nd largest MiG-21 operator in it's heyday and the only one that also operated NATO compatible munitions.

Elbit also did retrofitting for Romania, although they operated a relatively small MiG-21 fleet (25..36) which are now decomissioned and replaced by F-16s. The MiG 31 LanceR could use use both NATO and Russian/Soviet armament such as the R-60M, R-73, Magic 2, or Python III missiles.

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