Well, in the end, as far as GBI start to appear in Poland, Iskander will start to appear in Kaliningrad. That’s the way the issue is taking. There will not be more “good faith” signals from Russia as far as NATO continues with its “tricks”. So if you want the Pole GBI site, accept the Iskanders and live in peace with this. Period.

Links please.

Let him overspend :dev2:. I am quite sure that a few Iskander in Kaliningrad are more than enough to deal with such a provocation.

…those countries like North Korea, Iran and Syria that the United States’ National Security, the U.S. Armed Forces and her allies will be protected and defended.

Useless provocation to those countries, especially because US and allies start to scream when Iran tests some of its missiles. After all, Iran may say that “those countries like USA, Israel or U.Kingdom must know that Iran, and the Aryan Armed Forces will retaliate in case of a western aggression”.

I wouldn’t want the liability of the Steam powerplant but something like this would be a decent upgrade IMO.

I would like to retain long range AshM (P-700 or P-1000).

I also agree with Gollevainen’s vision. As long-range killer, she should be armed with the P-1000. The replacement of the “Top Dome” by a “Tomb(Grave) Stone” (choose the most modern one) is a must. I also like to add the replacement of some SA-N-6 by 9M96M missiles on a 4 x 1 basis to lead to a sort of “naval S-400”.

An interesting option will be the replacement of 8 x P-500 by 8 x P-1000 and the remaining 8 x P-500 by 12 x P-800 Yakhont leading to a mixed configuration of 8 long range and 12 “short range” AShM. I don’t know if a mix with SA-N is possible but a high-lo 9M96M and 48N6DM ratio will also be nice in order to optimize reach/cost ratio.

Which REAL economy has Russia to offer besides oil & arms?

:p
That’s just plain negation of the reality.

Off course the EU economy is larger and more developed than the Russian economy. But the west is sick with chronic deficits that were financed by printing papers. That’s sooner or later will end. In the end, westerners “masters of the Universe” wanna be will have to accept, like it or not, that they are not in position to give orders and coerce Russia anymore. Oil and gas values can go up or down, and off-course Russia will have to adjust the budget accordingly, but the Yeltsin days are over and the country is very different from the nineties. Russians are not interested in such types of “partnership with the West” anymore. Some nostalgic westerners will have to digest this and will have to accept their diminished position in the current geostrategic arena. Given the current economic trends, they are also not in position to keep aggressive toward Russia. That will be counterproductive for the EU.

Back to the topic, Mig-29 seems the better option for the Ukrainians. If they “go west”, a Slovak type NATO compatible version is the more efficient option. If they go with Russia, a SMT kit should be the chosen one.