{"id":64501,"date":"2017-03-24T06:45:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=64501"},"modified":"2017-03-24T06:46:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T13:46:26","slug":"sri-lankan-air-force-pilots-fly-mi-24-helicopter-gunships-during-a-passing-out-ceremony-of-329-men-and-officers-in-the-north-eastern-town-of-trincomalee-on-august-21-2009russia-offers-to-set-up-helic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/03\/24\/sri-lankan-air-force-pilots-fly-mi-24-helicopter-gunships-during-a-passing-out-ceremony-of-329-men-and-officers-in-the-north-eastern-town-of-trincomalee-on-august-21-2009russia-offers-to-set-up-helic\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Offers to Set Up Helicopter Maintenance Center in Sri Lanka \u2013 Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"b-article__lead\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sputnik<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"b-article__lead\">A deputy chief of Russia\u2019s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said that Russia has proposed to set up a service center for Russian-made helicopters in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<div class=\"b-inject m-inject-min\">\n<div class=\"b-inject__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"The official christening ceremony of the Project 1166 Gepard 3.9\/Dinh Tien Hoang-class light frigate, produced for the Vietnamese Navy, takes place in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn4.img.sputniknews.com\/images\/104046\/86\/1040468680.jpg\" alt=\"The official christening ceremony of the Project 1166 Gepard 3.9\/Dinh Tien Hoang-class light frigate, produced for the Vietnamese Navy, takes place in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.\" width=\"705\" height=\"375\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__copy\">\u00a9 SPUTNIK\/ MAKSIM BOGOVID<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-inject__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/military\/201703221051831841-russia-lanka-contract-talks\/\">Russia, Sri Lanka Discuss Delivery Contract of Gepard 3.9 Frigates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LANGKAWI (Sputnik) \u2013 Russia has proposed to\u00a0set up\u00a0a service center for\u00a0Russian-made helicopters in\u00a0Sri Lanka, a deputy chief of\u00a0Russia\u2019s Federal Service for\u00a0Military-Technical Cooperation told Sputnik on\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"marker-quote1\">&#8220;We\u2019ve submitted our proposals to\u00a0equip a helicopter maintenance center and provide spare parts for\u00a0armored hardware to\u00a0the Sri Lankan side,&#8221; the agency\u2019s Mikhail Petukhov said at\u00a0the LIMA 2017 military show in\u00a0Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka has 12 Mi-8\/17 military transport helicopters, six Mi-24P attack helicopters, 36 BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, and around\u00a050 BTR-80 amphibious armored personnel carriers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Never miss a story again\u00a0\u2014 sign up\u00a0to our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/sputniknewsint\">Telegram channel<\/a> and we&#8217;ll keep you up\u00a0to speed!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-likes-pane__holder\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/world\/201703241051913671-russia-sri-lanka-helicopters\/\">https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/world\/201703241051913671-russia-sri-lanka-helicopters\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sputnik A deputy chief of Russia\u2019s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said that Russia has proposed to set up a service center for Russian-made helicopters in Sri Lanka. \u00a9 SPUTNIK\/ MAKSIM BOGOVID Russia, Sri Lanka Discuss Delivery Contract of Gepard 3.9 Frigates LANGKAWI (Sputnik) \u2013 Russia has proposed to\u00a0set up\u00a0a service center for\u00a0Russian-made helicopters in\u00a0Sri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}