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Where Is Russia's Air Force? Shouldn't it be Dominating? II Covert Cabal

The World is Shocked! Russia to Replace its Obsolete Fighter Jet (Credits- AXX Defense)

The World is Shocked! Russia to Replace its Obsolete Fighter Jet (Credits- AXX Military News)

WHAT’S THE RUSS? KREMLIN SHOWS OF ITS SUPERSONIC FIGHTER || 2021 (CREDITS- WARTHOG DEFENSE)

The Russian Air Force's Fatal Flaw ( Source- The National Interest / Author- David Axe)

Sukhoi SU-30 ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Sergey Krivchkov) Source- The National Interest Author- David Axe After two decades of neglect, the Russian air force is enjoying a petrodollar-funded renaissance. In 2010, the air force and naval aviation bought just 19 new fixed-wing airplanes. The number of new planes swelled to 24 in 2011, 35 in 2012, 51 a year later and a whopping 101 in 2014. This year the Kremlin expects to acquire 91 new fixed-wing aircraft. But for all this modernization, there’s one big thing the Russian air force still can’t do. Nearly 30 years after the United States and its closest allies ushered in an era of precision guided munitions, wherein almost every combat plane packs laser-, radar-, infrared- or GPS-guided bombs and missiles, Russia still lags behind in the development, acquisition and employment of such “smart” air-to-ground munitions — especially long-range ones. “Certain categories are absent completely, such

Russia's Lethal Stealth PAK-FA T-50 Fighter: High Hopes, Big Price Tag ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Harry J. Kazianis)

Sukhoi PAK-FA ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Credits- Dmitry Zherdin) Source- The National Interest Author- Harry J. Kazianis Reports in the Russian media, if accurate, have made a bold claim: Moscow’s PAK-FA T-50 fighter could be much closer to joining Russia’s air force than many expected. However, economic pressures and technological challenges could be a big bottleneck to the program going forward. In an article by Russia Today, it was reported that “in 2016 the Russian Air Force will get ready to put the first production models of the stealth fighter jet into service.” RT added: “All weapons and technical innovation in design for the PAK-FA are promised to be ready by 2020, which, among others, will include 12 types of missiles alone, six of which are to be ready by 2017. Some of the PAK-FA missiles will be hypersonic, with most designed specially to fit into fighter’s inner bays so as not to interfere with its stealth characteristics.” Many in Weste

Russia's Supersonic Tu-160 Bomber Is Back: Should America Worry? ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Tom Nichols)

Russian TU-160 Strategic Bomber ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Vitaly V. Kuzmin) Source- The National Interest Author- Tom Nichols Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced recently that Russia is going to begin production of the Tu-160, a Soviet-era bomber known as the “Blackjack.” The Tu-160 is a nuclear platform, basically something like the Soviet version of an American B-1 bomber: a big, heavy, swing-wing bomber meant to deliver nuclear weapons at long distances. The Soviets built about thirty-five of them in the 1980s, of which only fifteen remain in service. So what does this mean to the strategic balance between the United States and the Russian Federation in 2015? In reality, it means absolutely nothing in military terms. As a political signal, however, Shoigu’s announcement is just the latest in a series of provocations. No American response is required and none would matter. The Blackjack, assuming the Russians even manage to build a