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| Russia's military is adding more planes this year than most countries own in total |
| 2015-02-05 |
| It will receive more than 200 new airplanes and helicopters this year, a staggeringly high number considering that most of the world's air forces have fewer warplanes than that in total. Russia will also introduce in service this year the most advanced version of its highly capable Flanker fighter jet. The plans are an integral part of the Kremlin's intention to modernize its entire armed forces. |
| Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp0035 |
| #5 Mama Russia has two main fears at the moment - Soon-to-be-Nuclear Radical Islam, + a Re-Armed, re-Militarized, Nuclear Germany despite the latter being its new Strategic Partner + BFF. IMO the Crimea Crisis is mostly related to Russia's fear of Secular Turkey going Islamist + "Neo-Ottoman", + Hard Boy penetration into Slavic Eastern Europe, Caucasus, + Central Asia. OTOH, the post-Crimea Ukraine Crisis vee East Ukraine Separatism goes not only to securing Russian Land-Air-Sea-space? access to the Crimea, BUT ALSO ABOUT KEEPING OR ENSURING THAT RUSSIA BFF GERMANY STAYS SECULAR, NEUTRAL, ESPEC NON-MILITARIZED + NON-NUCLEARIZED UNDER INTERNATIONAL = UNO CONTROL. Read, NO RETURN OF NAZISM OR PRUSSIANISM. It remains to be seen iff Darth Vlad can achieve the above given the still-rising ISIS/ISIL GLOBAL THREAT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-05 22:31 |
| #4 g(r)om gives in to his inner Russian when poetry is involved. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-02-05 11:40 |
| #3 @#2: Great link. Wow. |
| Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp0036 2015-02-05 08:38 |
| #2 The Scythians are back. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-05 03:38 |
| #1 The plans are an integral part of the Kremlin's intention to modernize its entire armed forces. I expect these plans were made when oil prices were high. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-02-05 03:28 |