Because Indo-U.S relations were going from strength to strength then, Obama came and things became cold.
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Considering how asinine the Bush administration’s foreign policy was…”lovely” Bush, where do you get these gems Quad….
Aren’t side-sticks supposed to be more pilot-friendly?
Sidesticks are not “western” style, look at Typhoon for example.
Su-37 had sidestick, guess they didn’t like it.
Ura!
yep.
http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=73084
Mil and Kamov will be working in the same building. Stand by for gang warfare.
Here you can see the different claims and time will tell. By the way a short-term rise in birth-rate will not reverse a trend the general age-structure in mind. 😉
http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/russiapop.htm
If anything, the claims based on 90s era demographics that Russia’s population will drop by 50 million by 2050, were the absurd short term ones.
Your dreaming – X was much better, if you ignore some of the Y:eek:
LOL 😀
Z is clearly superior.
http://russianplanes.net/images/to60000/059148.jpg
Nice pic of an Il-38SD in Russia @ 2009.
Hmm, the UKSK housing looks to have been also extended in length.
Yes, I think it will be 12 cells instead of the 8 on the Indian ships.
Another thing I just noticed about the Admiral Essen plaque: no Kashtan, AK-630 instead – very intriguing!
Indeed, wtf?
Can I pray for 9m38 on the ship, to take over Kashtan missile role? If not, why would they have replaced Kashtan with Ak-630, not Palma or something.
11356M ships are supposed to be all VLS, right?
That is what I have been hoping, but there was a lack of clarity as to how close to the Indian ships they would be. I hope that picture confirms it is indeed VLS and the “long range” Shtil.
Irbis is definitely an evolution, though a massive one, of Bars. Would be senseless to start the project from scratch.
BTW, AFAIK Bars has Mechanical steering as well, though not as articulated?
I think more Su-25s with updated weapon systems is a cheaper and much more sane idea.
Well, it is very possible Su-25s carried out strikes nearby, so don’t worry there is certainly some perverse comedy involved either way.
The Tbilsi plant is fine, certainly did not get bombed to ****.
I think there were some near hits on nearby arms depots or something, but the plant itself is pretty much fine.