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New Delhi: Western sanctions on the sale of arms equipment, spare parts and components are not only affecting Russia’s arms manufacturing but their spillover effects are also being seen in countries like Myanmar. The JF-17 aircraft — a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft, jointly manufactured by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation of China — inducted by Nyapidaw in 2018 have been grounded due to technical difficulties, a report on the news website The Irrawaddy suggests. The report adds that a critical shortage of western-supplied spare parts, specifically for avionics, due to Western sanctions after the military coup...
