I don’t even see how it could participate in the tender, Russia will not reveal the sort of details about the PAK-FA’s development a buyer would want to know, to a critical US ally.

Wasn’t there at one point already a Su-30MKR for the Russian VVS in planning? :confused:

😮 I have never even heard of this designation. Any info on it?

-Thanks

Would be amusing (angering) to see Irkut slap out more Su-30SMs in 2-3 years than NAPO has made Su-34s in total. It could happen, too.

http://www.vz.ru/news/2011/7/18/508110.html

KnAAPO will complete 6 Su-35s by the end of the year. That means another 3 before 2012.

Apparently the plant experts that have been to Uganda are horrified by the conditions for aircraft storage and service, untill then the worst was Venezuela.

The latest Vietnamese Su-30MK2 order is not completed.

Curious livery to be sure.

Cool, thanks for the info guys.

When was the last time China bought anything of note from Russia?
Besides from China and India, who else has been a regular billion dollar buyer of Russian arms? And since when were the Russian arms industry so well off they could afford to loose India’s billions now that China’s billions have dried up?

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1.) They bought 123 Al-31s recently, that’s something of note 🙂 Not the only engines they have bought recently either.
2.) Apparently well off enough to be the second biggest arms exporter for many years. They will do what they did when China’s money stopped coming – diversify.

are you sure? even after Obama’s administration is done with it? 😉

It will still be far more than adequate, even after Obama’s common sense defense cuts take place.