Russian Helicopters Win On Price (Strategy Page)

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October 25, 2008: Thailand is buying three new Russian Mi-17 helicopters for about $9 million each, and backing off a $28 million project to refurbish fifteen of its U.S. made Bell 212s (civilian version of the UH-1 "Huey"). Thailand has nearly 200 American made helicopters, but most are over twenty years old, and about half of them are out of action waiting for repairs at any given time.

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