soviet union, (not russia) did have a policy of exporting downgraded military equipment, the well known ‘M’ or monkey model.

however, consider the following facts, USSR arms exports were mostly paid by itself which is not true now. a full paying customer is likely to be more demanding, take a look at the algerians. Even India has in the past refused to accept items that had quality problems (talwar class frigate, tungushka).
moreover, the policy of exporting at one level lower than what your domestic forces have has to make sense in the larger strategic sphere. With India, Russia sees eye to eye on most topics and have no major point of potential conflict. they have no reason to withhold top quality arms if they good money in return other than a misplaced sense of pride. putin’s russia is nothing if not pragmatic.

you have been had ! 😀

this is not the K4. it is a picture of a polaris on which the graphics people of the periodical have added K-4 and DRDO. there is no picture of the K4 in public domain so far.

true, but that is no observation on either russia’s MIC or RuAF. it is well known that conventional forces were not a priority for russia in that period and MIC was busy in keeping skills alive. even the Su-35 probably won’t have been developed if not for its export potential.
one can’t think of military in isolation from a country’s foreign policy and currently a large cutting edge conventional force is not a necessity for russia. they are no longer in an all out ideological war that made such a force necessary.
it’s a prudent policy decision, that’s all.

otaku, it’s the reverse everyone else’ 5G = china 4G

by that logic this is 6th gen ! 😀

I’m sure you think so. 🙂

still no picture ?

the chinese seem to be even more secretive than the russians !

First test of a brand new missile.

fact 1.

Nothing too upsetting.

a personal opinion IOW not flaming.

We make our missiles not just paint them

fact 2.
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what flaming ? :rolleyes:

I spy a MASSIVE chip on the shoulder ! 😀

Sorry, your point?

if you have to be ‘told’ the point of MBDA mica’s designated HMDS ………….. :rolleyes: