Bad Ass New Russian Fighter Jets
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http://gizmodo.com/5309592/killer-5th-generation-russian-stealth-superfighters
Pretty sweet design. Maybe by the time they "need" things like this in space they may actually look nice unlike our current space junk.
Pretty sweet design. Maybe by the time they "need" things like this in space they may actually look nice unlike our current space junk.
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Wikipedia shows that the F16 first flew in 1974, saw introduction in 1978, and that Iran's order for 300 of them was canceled by the fact that the Iranian Revolution occurred...
...in 1979.
Sukhoi makes some damned amazing jets though.
And where did you get that from?
cool design though
its all right here:
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No, I know all the shit about us gov., what I meant was where did you get that Russians export their newest stuff first? That´s what I wanted to ask.
Then he should know well that even in the past all that russians (well, soviets) showed on the parades wasn´t the 1st class military equipment. The really scary thing about those parades was when you realized: "damn, if this is what they show us publicly on a parade, what aces do they have hidden in a sleeve then??!" And if anyone thinks that they´re exporting their top equipment, well, he should try to think why could that be. See, selling old stuff isn´t american invention...
Back in either late 90s or the early 2000s they had a joint "mock battle" drill with the US and Euro militaries, it was pretty massive, but the outcome of it was... the russian military used up 1/2 of its entire fuel supply.
Make do with what you've got is a very Russian attitude, their overall manpower is pretty good, and the elite troops are probably some of the best out there. But i really don't think they're wasting millions of fancy planes when they can't even afford to keep the lights on and have people not freeze to death in some of the towns... they would be if they were at war with some major power, but they aren't so i don't think they're the ones buying those planes.
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Next gen plane?
Nah, I wouldn´t worry about the russians. If anything happens, I believe that they will be the same red army that kicked hitler back to berlin and the countries will stick together just like if soviet union never broke up. No matter what was ever happening, russians always had a great army and I´d say that army was always in the first place for them. Even if they should eat dirt, the army will be equipped. And on the matter of this jet - I think Sukhoi is national company, right? I mean, who would put such company to private hands? Therefore if they export this jet first, then it sure isn´t better than what they´re actually using right now and it only has to serve for further prototyping and production of new and better models for the army.
Btw. thanks for the link on the video with Bill Hicks. Never heard about that guy before. I was listening to some of his stand-ups I found on youtube and it really felt like he was talking about present times. Then I found out that he actually died in 1994 (who´s fault is that? he was all bush here, bush there... like father like son I´d say...).
HAHA No that's actually a screen grab from Ace Combat 6 on Xbox 360. They did a bunch of anime skins mainly from characters from Idol Master. That game is so much fun, especially with the flight sticks.