Vikramditya is a rusty hulk of Stalinist steel that was laid down in some crappy Russian shipyard back in the 70’s, and it’s air wing will consist of aircraft that were originally developed thirty years ago. Cavor, on the other hand, is a modern design, built in a modern shipyard using modern manufacturing techniques. Cavor’s air wing of F-35’s and AW101’s will be at least a half a generation ahead of Vikramditya’s MiG’s and Kamov’s.

There’s really no comparison.

Vikramditya should be renamed INS Boondoggle. :p

I don’t think the Russians would’ve been so forgiving if the roles were reversed. Especially when you consider Russia’s history of shooting down civilian airliners that stray into it’s airspace.

Russia should forget about developing a fifth generation fighter and just buy f-35s instead.

Betcha the Japanese ATD-X flies before the SUK-FA:p

Gary, you’re insane.
I only hope that one day you’ll be hospitalized so that you can get the help you so desperately need.

All the ELINT/SIGINT installations from ‘Cold War times’ are used for industrial espionage inside Europe mainly!

Actually those installations are all part of a monstrously conceived and inherently diabolical U.S. government mind control scheme. Those huge antenna array are actually used by the CIA to monitor Europeans for anti-American thoughts. Once anti-American thoughts are detected, they (the CIA) will send an armada of black helicopters to whisk away unsuspecting Europeans who are not willing to bow to the will of the U.S. government and imprison them in secret CIA bases located throughout Europe.

like the Mexican-American war that ended with Mexico loosing more than half of it`s territory, the illegal immigration of US citizens to Texas when Texas was part of Mexico, the US invasion to Mexico in during the Mexican Revolution blah blah blah…

Nobody lived in the American Southwest but a few Spanish priests and nomadic indian tribes, and only several hundred of those by 1819. After Mexican independence in 1821, the Mexicans claimed the entire land mass of the western North American continent, so of course they aren’t to be taken seriously, since nobody in Mexico would move north of Tampico and the settlers who came under the land grants were mostly German, French, and American. Then, Santa Anna got the idea he was the Napoleon Of The West and decided to confiscate what the settlers built up, now that it had some value, and invaded. Of course he got his ass handed to him in Texas, and later handed to him again in 1848, over what became the Gadsen Purchase. Nobody stole anything from Mexico.

As far as the Su-27’s are concerned, the hopelessly corrupt and disorganized government of Mexico can spend their money as they see fit.