corsair7772 said:
Thats like what 2020? By that Aegis, where did you get all this crap from? Russia isnt Ethopia. If the russians can think about nation wide deployment of ABMs and stealth subs then they can ruddy well think of modernizing the airforce (although i doubt wether putin is dat desperate but its still possible and the option is there despite terrible consequences). Dont underestimate them too much. The Su-35 isnt stalled, the mig.144 has probably been scrapped and the Su-37 is the next candidate for a standard fighter fleet. Incase u didnt know the Su-35 (its code name is terminator rite?) is waiting for a sponsor because it already has a more advanced counterpart ,the Berkut. So dont be surprised if india comes running for this baby. The Russian arent really begging for spares either. If the arm exports are in the correct ratio to imports then its possible 2 modernize (atleast 3 to 1).
so lets drop the crap about not modernizing the airforce. Airpower is the ace of a modern power besides superweapons and pehaps a navy, and if you think someones gonna let tht go well then i guess i cant argue much here.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3846439.stm
Bonanza for emerging markets
The report found a six-fold increase of $192bn in net flows of foreign direct investment to countries outside the OECD, the report said.
The OECD includes the world's biggest economies of the US, Japan, Germany, France, the UK and Italy.
China attracted $53bn in investment from OECD countries, ahead of India with $4bn, and Russia with only $1bn.
Russia's performance was the worst since the mid-1990s, the OECD said. Furthermore, it found most investment in Russian firms went to one sector, the energy sector.
Elsewhere, foreign firms were drawn to pour money into big emerging economies - particularly China - because of the size of their growing domestic markets, the OECD said.
This contrasts with past trends, when firms looked to developing markets primarily "for lower wages and production costs".
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Hey friend! How do u expect Russia to modenise itself when it's economic is in such terrible state! They recently intend to revive one Kirov nuclear cruiser but force to scape due to fund shortage!
I know they got a lot of natural resources but at the same time they also has a lot of commitment and public states to spend! As I say they r not Soviet Union 15 yrs ago! Modernising Air Force in 20 yrs time with Mig 144 and Su37? Hahaha!!!
Admin, settle down a bit!