To suggest that Russia elminates an arm of the deterrent triad is sheer folly, sorry. And scrapping the Su-24s and Su-25s is sheer madness- you lose all your ground attack capability. Upgrading Su-27s and MiG-29s to drop bombs costs money, and they can’t perform CAS. Keeping and upgrading Su-24s and Su-25s costs less.
This is sour grapes. The evidence of increased activity is there for all to see, in practically all areas. Russian generals have been complaining about their lack of cash for over a decade now, I’m not saying they’re not legitimate grievances, but they have consistently and repeatedly overstated the problem to “the sky is falling! the sky is falling!” in order to garner media attention and lobby publically for increased funds- which is happening. They have called the alarm repeatedly over the last few years- where’s the huge decline they keep on prophesiszing? Things have remained largely constant, and are slowly, painfully, getting better.
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