I keep hearing how broke Russia is. So how can they afford all these new and very expensive weapons systems?
Somehow Clown Prince nobama and the fellow traitor managed to negotiate this and have US taxpayers pay for it.
I suspect a good bit of this is bluff, much as our Stars Wars program was under Reagan.
For a while they were flush from yuuuge natural gas sales to Europe and the eastern end of the continent. Then came gas discoveries in other regions, including Israel; and fracking here, and suddenly Russia’s money flow tapered off.
If we remember the Cold War, the Soviets were famous for faking yuuge stocks of armaments. Fields full of plywood or inflatable army tanks, etc. looked formidable through early satellite cameras, from 200 miles up. But then the U-2 Spyplane with high resolution cameras came along, taking low-level photos, and suddenly our photo analysts were laughing themselves silly at the phony, fake armaments the Reds had on display in an attempt to fool the Western powers.
At this point, Obunga is WILLING to be fooled. The totally bogus Iran nuke deal, where Obunga PAID them $150 Billion TO BUILD nuke weapons and the missiles to transport them, is Exhibit-A.
Come On TRUMP!