Sudan’s Air Force Will Likely Be the Next Client For Russia’s Su-30SM Heavyweight Fighter

Following the overthrow of the Abdullah Hamdok government in Sudan in the final week of October, which had been installed following a Western-backed military coup in April 2019, Sudan’s new interim government has indicated that it will proceed with plans to construct a Russian military base on the Red Sea. [...] With the pro-Western government that was installed by the 2019 coup having been removed from power, the possibility not only of a base but also of transfers of high end Russian hardware to Sudan has again been raised.