Maybe it`s time Russia stops the BS with building drones for Arctic/Mars etc and concentrate on building a Reaper equivalent ?

Those RC “grade” UAVs like Orlan are a slap on Russsia defence indusry sector

bigger also unreliable and noisy. fly them in pairs and if one fall down and 2nd one can still provide information and possible airstrike for those who are coming after it.

Russia says latest Syria strikes weaken rebels

They are so weakened that they are abandoning Irak. i was right about interconnected battlfield.

http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Details.aspx?Jimare=3866
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-forces-advance-against-three-fronts-182736166.html

The trick was broadcasting big offensive in Syria untill this point so that all these groups concentrate there and in mean time Iraki push north fast. its big opening to them. these are two interconnected battlefields.

http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-forces-push-north-bid-reshape-battlefield-151011048.html
Iraq forces push north in a bid to reshape battlefield

It is to put pressure on US to help kurd to open another front.

http://www.basnews.com/en/news/2015/10/13/us-to-arm-syrian-kurds-via-krg/
US officials recently decided to stop training Syrian opposition parties, and strengthen relations with the Kurds so as to maintain greater influence than Russia in the region.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chair Salih Muslim earlier this week in Paris, discussing closer military cooperation against IS as well as preserving power for the Syrian regime.

If Assad is suppose to have no role then who would be the compromise candidate acceptable to all in Syria ?

Warning from Saudi

Turkey, Saudi Arabia Warn Russia Over Syria ‘Mistake’

Well you have to take Saudi threats seriously but Russia can easily defeat them. They know area control as 40k troops were trained to maintain security both in contruction and events phase over huge area for sochi olympics for many years. the same concept was used for quick take over of Crimea.

American approach from begining was wrong Gen Patereus distrbuted arms in Anbar called it awakening due to surge. bogus victory.

http://www.islamicpluralism.org/156/the-curious-case-of-nawaf-obaid-and-prince-turki
The Curious Case of Nawaf Obaid and Prince Turki
On November 29, 2006, The Washington Post published a shocking op-ed column signed by him, titled “Stepping Into Iraq.” Therein, Obaid warned, in aggressive language, that “massive Saudi intervention” would support Sunni Arab terrorists if the U.S.-led coalition were to leave Iraq abruptly. Further, according to the arrogant Obaid, “it would be impossible to ensure that Saudi-funded militias wouldn’t attack U.S. troops

it so obvious she will be calling no fly zone at this point but once elected she may not have same position.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/hillary-moneyman-highlights-new-saudi-connection-194828485.html
Hillary moneyman highlights new Saudi connection

thats what Obama explained.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-up-against-growing-support-for-a-no-fly-zone-in-syria/
There’s a difference between running for president and being president,” he said at a news conference Friday.

so you need production in thousands before it become reliable. how India bought those C-17 or trying to buy A330MRT/ A330AEW.
by time India start building there own. More powerfull Russian engine will be available. organizing production in India is atleast decade away.

http://www.uecrus.com/rus/products/helicopter/vk800v/

its 5G clean sheet design.

http://survincity.com/2013/10/jsc-klimov-began-work-on-creating-engine-vk-800v/
Promising engine VC-800B — the only project power plant is being developed now a “clean slate.” How’s this project?
— Promote the project in Russia is hampered by lack of real helicopter on which the VC-800B engine could be installed. Traditionally in Russia are the objects in the class take-off weight of 10-12 tons Helicopters mass 4 — 5 m for which designed and VK-800V, and have remained on paper. In view of the characteristics of the engine competitive on the western and eastern markets, where the spread helicopters of this class, but these markets are fairly rigidly reserved. However, as we are confident in the prospects of the project, now VC-800B engine is used in the framework of the program of establishing the planned helicopter engine for developing key technologies in various fields, such as thermodynamics, gas dynamics, and materials science. A number of promising technologies will be implemented in the final version of the engine, which is scheduled for certification in 2016

Interesting numbers. Thanks for posting.

Three quick observations:

In the early days of the campaign, the Russian aircraft were averaging fewer than one sortie per day. More recently, they are averaging well over two sorties per day. I wonder how long they can keep up that pace.

In the early days of tne campaign, the sortie-to-target ratio was roughly 3:2. But more recently, it has gotten close to 1:1. Is that a sign of better accuracy in the airstrikes? Or less hardened targets? I suspect it is both.

And finally, it is interesting to note that no sorties were reported on the day of the cruise missles strikes. If that is right, maybe it really was a show of force more than anything else.

total sorties are 669. last week avg is 60 per day. I think that Cruise strikes news overshadows sorties reporting on that day.
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151016/1028628405/russian-airforce-isil-targets.html

You know that you can bring it down without a kinetic kill. Force him to fly through your wake and if the FCS are not robust enough it will spin down the ground (what seems to be the case here).

it just show you cant take Turkey statements seriously. even simple thing like UAV crash it can’y make a proper statement.