Sooo, NTV is showing Mi-35M’s and Mi-24P’s loaded into An-124 on their way home… at same time also showing shiny new Mi-35M’s with President-S. This has to be a deliberate mild form of trolling;

http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1617122/?fb#ixzz44BsxbhRS

This is new method of extortion. In exchange for not bombing moderates for time being Russia foreign reserves increased by $16b in three weeks. this official money. unofficial will be more for private.

but capability to bomb them will always be retained. even in matter of hours.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-strikes-rebels-violating-cease-fire-us-rules-of-engagement/
Russia gives U.S. new ultimatum in Syria cease-fire

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/12196703/Russia-can-redeploy-to-Syria-within-hours-warns-Vladimir-Putin.html
Russia can redeploy to Syria ‘within hours’, warns Vladimir Putin

?!
In what way a fleet of RAF P-8’s extend the US (vast) surveillance capabilities?
And does that mean that the Indian Navy 312 Sqn is actually an extension of the US Navy?

US cannot trust EU. Obama is already doing it. any equipment sold that is high tech (presumbly P-8 comes under it) it will come with controls. You may want to read about Yemen war why it is stalemate despite over 400 combat aircraft.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/27/in-donald-trumps-worldview-america-comes-first-and-everybody-else-pays.html
In Donald Trump’s worldview, America comes first, and everybody else pays
He did not rule out spying on American allies, including leaders like Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, whose cellphone was apparently a target of the National Security Agency. Mr. Obama said the agency would no longer target her phone but made no such commitments about the rest of Germany, or Europe.

Why did the Israelis order 33 F-35Is then? Why did the Norwegians, Dutch, Japanese and Australians? Why is the RCAF plugging away for the ‘costly and risky’ F-35? Also, if the Danes were to order the F-35, would that too be an example of corruption?

Alleging absolute levels of corruption (i.e. every ROKAF chief and the entirely of the MND) without evidence would have been more believable, if everyone else wasn’t on the same path.

Israeli bought F-35 thats what Obama want to give them as it was cheaper option as F-15 prodcution going down and price going up. Each F-15SA cost close to $250m in 2011 prices. the rest are just followers they will be buy what is available at time line from active production line.

The problem there Sanem is you’re quoting another iteration of the venerable Kurt Plummer. Kurt’s writings are well known in the world of the internet defence forum and have been for more than a decade. He starts quite sane and knows all the acronyms which makes him compelling reading. His writing style is quite difficult to penetrate leading to the view that if you just read it again you’ll divine more wisdom and insight.

Unfortunately when you start to call him out on his diatribes they unravel quite quickly. In the piece above virtually his entire house of cards is predicated on a couple of ‘IFs’ in point 2:

– ‘If your carrier is 1,000nm offshore due to ICD threats and your target has another 1,000nm of backfield’

Is there a proven ICD threat pushing anyones carrier back 1000nm offshore?. No. Is there a nation on earth that has reliable surveillance overwater to a depth of 1000nm?. No. Is anyone near to having that depth of maritime surveillance?. No. Is there an ISTAR asset organic to the carrier airwing that can place sustained and survivable sensor coverage at 1000nm from the group overland or overwater?. No. Is it a meaningful statement to denigrate a carrier platform if it cant strike 1000 miles inland from a position 1000 miles offshore?. No.

Kurt is a technojunky with no concept of operational realities. He usually gets the hump when his vapourware ramblings get questioned and, ultimately, ridiculed. He then leaves the site and is spotted elsewhere some months later with a new posting identity and identical writing style!. He’s not very quotable to support a serious point.

it seems your experaince is based radarsurvellence technologies that have never been upgraded since 1950s. what you think this whole coast line from Turkey to Jordan/Egypt is about all the way to Yemen. how those small boats are found.

I think you misread that. They are taking money that would have been allocated to procurement this year and moving it back to 2022, not delaying procurement until 2022. 205 million from this budget as part of a plan to reallocate 3.7 billion. Specifically, you can bet those funds are mostly associated with ship-building, or the likely overlap in those years of large procurement projects.

It’s a smart move. Otherwise DND would lose those funds.

they can certainly make decision before 2022 but money will be only available by 2022 and seeing the rest of the budget and demographic change in next 5 or 6 years Canada will end up some where between Brazil and Argentina. there is no prospect that Canada can again become a military power.

Let’s say that the conflict against rebels was a kind of War in a pocket: lots of targets in relatively small space but a molteplicity of fronts.
In such a scenario jets are very useful they can arrive whenever they are needed in a matter of tenths of minutes.
Now, with ceasefire enforced it is possible to concentrate efforts in just a small numbers of places, so you can effectively embed air support to a determined battle.
Helicopters are ideal for this. Even if slower and with less authonomy than planes thes can be located very close to the battle zone and so be always on the roll.

Jets need alot of preparation from centralized airbase to maintain tempo Chopper is like flying cannon. Transporting ammunition of helicopter more easier.

I am skeptical about it. They could barely afford 24 Rafales. Two years ago they had the money and they overestimated themselves. Now Turkey is on there throats asking for money.