Below is a summary of the main military-related events in Russia, the CIS and neighboring countries on December 6, 2005.
* Russia signed a contract with the Indian Navy to deliver 16 MiG-29K Fulcrum D fighters
* The Indian prime minister said India and Russia were considering bilateral plans to build a multi-purpose transport plane and a fifth-generation fighter
* Leading Russian aircraft manufacturer MiG said it would participate in a tender on the licensed production and delivery of a fighter for the Indian Air Force
* Russian military equipment producers plan to create a service center in India to maintain Soviet and Russian weaponry and provide spare parts
* A leading Russian aircraft engine-maker, Saturn, said it was bidding in a tender to develop a jet engine for the Indian Tejas light fighter
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said deliveries of Tor-M1 air defense missile systems to Iran would not affect the balance of forces in the region
* Commander of the North Caucasus Military District Alexander Baranov said he had enough constant combat readiness units under his command to repel any terrorist threat
* Russia's state-owned arms export agency, Rosoboronexport, proposed setting up a government corporation and passing a law to allow it to lease military equipment
