M’kay… How many IFR capable fighters do the Iranis even have? And their ol’ F-4s dont even have the probe IFR system do they? (i.e not compatimble with Midas). And where the hell would the Russians get 100 Il-78s from??
Sputnik News… u got to love it. 100% quality in everything they “report”.

why they have to announce fighter deal?. Let Iran gets the money first from banks and increase oil-gas production . Russia will be biggest beneficiary its only country that can supply fuel , food and military to continue Syria war for decades. Very good investment in IL-476

A new Su-30SM for Russian AF went for 1.86 bil RUB, which was approx. $47.3 mil at that time. Today it’s less than $33 mil. Given the amount of French and Indian content in the Su-30SM I guess the price in rubles must have gone up.

Indian/French content is less than 10%. so it shouldnt impact the price much. i think Su-30SM is way cheaper than Su-35.

http://www.forceindia.net/IndustryMarch2013-9.aspx
Delighted by the performance of RC I and RC II, Irkut Corporation, Russia has confirmed purchase of 34 sets each of RC-I & RC-II for Russian Air Force requirements from HAL with delivery to begin from January 2014 onwards. The value of the contract is USD 12.2 million. At present, these radar computers are manufactured at the Kasargod unit of HAL, which was recently inaugurated by defence minister A.K. Antony.

LRSB highly doubt it. unless US manage to produce single party president and congress for 24 years. remember the big thing they are pushing for JSF is that it is international and allies involved. US has to buy the JSF on time so it can be cheaper for allies.

http://www.jsf.mil/program/prog_intl.htm
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program is an Internationally oriented program consisting of partnerships with a number of countries

Yes they are. Because there are simply no other sources for them. We would have airframes piling up without engines.

Have you read the last few pages of the thread? ODK explicitly said, they are, and they will continue to import engines from M-S.

Klimov does not produce enough engines for the helicopters Russia makes, there is absolutely no getting about that. Even if we use their planned numbers, which in any case were not met.

M-S is getting by the ban because they claim civilian use (Mi-8s) and export orders.

so you believe on every statement made and not use your own brain.

This Putin said in dec 2012 and exactly opposite happened.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/20/putin-distancing-assad-syria
“We are not that preoccupied with the fate of Assad’s regime,” the Russian president told a press conference

I doubt you even understand that Ukraine is no condition to manufacture engine.

$1.2b is total value of the contract Divide by 5 equal to $250m a year. which at most 100 engines a year worth 50 helicopters.

http://www.bne.eu/content/story/industry-takes-heavy-hit-across-ukraine
In 2011, Motor Sich signed a 5-year contract with Russia’s state-owned helicopter producers worth in total $1.2bn

That is a better clarification but I don’t agree, aside from weight the Mangusta and Tigre are perfectly competitive and do compete with the Apache and Mi-28.

Mangusta and Tigre are highly uncompetitive and practically obsolete. low production ratestes. India which invites just about every one for competitons dont even invite them. EU is also heavily losing on heavy to medium weight helicopters. and has very low production rate

power and weight is directly related to protection level,weopons, performance and electronics in helicopter. It is like comparing Gripen to Flanker.

So which factory in Russia is making them, then?

Russian factories are multifunctional. They can built any where and no need to disclose. new RD-33 factory example from 2016.

http://www.oboronprom.ru/en/news/we-have-been-working-consolidate-industry-over-past-four-years
When are you going to sell the Chernyshev MME site?

— Production of the RD-33 engine should continue in a new integrated configuration from January 1, 2016 onwards at the Salut Moscow site (components and parts), UMPO site (components, parts, assembly and testing), and the Salut Omsk site (repair kits and repairs for RD-33/RD-93 engines).
Will Motor-Sich join UEC?

— This would hardly make sense. We have already set up production of the VK-2500; moreover, we are the designer of this engine. The D-436 is a very small series. There is integration potential only for the D-27 engine which is installed on An-70 transport aircraft.
— How is the implementation of the Import Substitution Program going at Klimov?

—An initial engine comprised of all Russian parts was assembled and delivered for long tests on December 18, 2012. Around 50 units are scheduled to be manufactured this year, and we expect to be able to bring production output of VK-2500 engines with only Russian parts and components to 500 units a year by 2015. So, the enterprise is expected to meet the engine requirement of Russian Helicopters in full by 2016.

There has never been production increase in UKraine all the way to 2004 orange revolution. They simply cant afford it in best time. There is zero percent chance of they building engines with 60% inflation rate and complete collapse in import/export trade.

http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/1502-rebuilding-the-engine-of-cooperation
In 2006-2008, for example, approximately 80 per cent of parts (excluding electronics) and 38 per cent of materials for production used by Motor Sich came from the Russian Federation

Only Russia can innovate in that area and disclose its own time.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150714/1024623217.html
We are yet to delight our partners and competitors with our latest developments in the field of defense and security. But what we will show — and here we will not be keeping secrets forever — will be used in civilian industries one way or another.

I am more amazed that the crew actually managed to “eject”. Tu-95MS doesn’t have ejection seats, it has a weird bail system.

And FYI ijozic if it was Tu-95MS that crashed (and not Tu-142) then that Tu-95MS is newever than many F-16 and F-15’s. Tu-95MS was produced from early 80’s to early 90’s and most of the MS’ that are operational are probably from late 80’s. They aren’t nearly as old as people like to think they are.

EDIT; 3 has been located so far, one of which is dead… There was 7 crew in total, Tu-95MS indeed. A second plane (another Tu-95MS?) could visually see the crew bailing out and parachutes opening.

You cant compare it with F-15/F-16 as Soviet Union never designed these for 30 years operations.