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Fighters should be supplied complete with R-77 missiles.

Information was made public about Algeria's intention to purchase from 40 to 60 newly built MiG-29SMT fighters from Russia in order to replace the entire fleet of outdated MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters in service with the Algerian Air Force.

These aircraft would replace the entire fleet of outdated fighters MiG-21 and MiG-23, which were in service with the Algerian Air Force. In 1989, one MiG-29 was sold at a price of 23 million full-weight US dollars.Īlgeria's intention to purchase from Russia from 40 to 60 newly built MiG-29SMT fighters was made public during the International Air Show in Dubai December 7 to 11, 2003. The first MiG-29s received the so-called "third world countries". "Friendly" countries paid for weapons in currency, and the allies with a kind of "transferable ruble". In the case of the MiG-29, traditions were changed. Then - countries friendly to the USSR, primarily Arab and India. In line with Soviet traditions, the first new aircraft were to be received by the allies of the USSR under the Warsaw Pact. The MiG-29 became one of the most widespread fighters in the world. To date, more than 1600 MiG-29 fighters of all modifications have been built, of which about 800 have been exported.