[Rockingham]

Unlike the US, Russian combat aircraft design does not emphasize reliability, safety, operational readiness, and high sortie rates. Now, with Russia’s technological and industrial base in decline, their ability to produce modern combat aircraft is impaired.

[pfflier]

Funny. we said that about the Japanese airplanes prior to Pearl Harbor. Chennault was trying to tell us we were wrong but nobody would listen.

[Oztrich Boy]

Unlike the US, Russian combat aircraft design does not emphasize reliability, safety, operational readiness, and high sortie rates

Because the US counterpart was so much better