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The Indian Defence Ministry has clearly reiterated that the 67 MiG-29 aircraft with the Indian Air Force (IAF) will not be decommissioned. The Defence Ministry also stated that the Russians have furnished the reason for the crash of the MiG-29 in India in December 2008.
Sources revealed that RAC-MiG of Russia pointed out structural faults in the MiG-29 aircraft and that the corrosion on the Fin Root Ribs caused further malfunction. The Indian Air Force has conducted a thorough inspection of its entire fleet after the crash and obtained details of the structural defects experienced by the Russian Air Force.
The Indian Air Force has proposed the immediate upgrade of its MiG-29 fighters by Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSK) MiG at a cost of $963 million. Besides that, India is already committed to the MiG-29K for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and is buying 16 MiG-29Ks which is the naval variant of the MiG -29 aircraft.
Russia is already fielding its Mig-35 aircraft for India in the multi-billion doallar (Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) which is structurally identical to the MiG-29.
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