http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/12/15/torm2/

Belarus recieves firs Tor-M2, 14 in all to be delivered this month.

I would like to official withdraw my desire for a sexy dark scheme.

The difference is obvious, looking from bottom, blue meshes with sky, from top…meshes with whatever dark mess that is meant to replicate.

Why did they just not use one of the recent splinter cammos, or the grey from the choppers.

You suspect it, but the unoffical data are wishful thinking at first. Nearly all of the “extra weight” of the F-22A comes from stealth materials. The related problems for transonic and supersonic flights have still to be solved and the Russians and Chinese will have similar problems about that. The J-20 is just an aerodynamic tesbed to verify the flying capabilities to have a sound design to transform it into a stealth fighter. 😉

But it is black, that makes it already stealth.

Yeah actually, in the video of the Mi-26 lifting a Chinook, there was barely any down wash too, at least WAY less than I expected.

… and by no means can one of the world’s largest and most well known air forces be considered “small”…

In terms of what actually flies, it sure ain’t one of the world’s largest anymore.

I didn’t want to post it in general news, since its not really news.

Hmm, looks like they will achieve the 32 by 2013 order, all they need is 8-9 airframes yearly.

http://russianplanes.net/images/to61000/060633.jpg

MiG-29K with fuel tanks.

http://ruforces-com.livejournal.com/8887.html

Photos of Yars unit.

And….
http://www.armstrade.org/images/news/big10654.jpg

very interesting. That AESA radar we saw trialed earlier, on what appears to be Pantsir units destined for Russian army.