AV-MF/Tupolev Tu-16 Badger. The Badger is a mainstay of Soviet Naval Aviation
Posted on 10/30/2010 12:03:30 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Good.
Russia is trying to rebuild its military. But it will be decades before the Russian Army is anywhere close to the strength the old Soviet Army enjoyed.
And neither Putin nor Medvedev can get it done in a hurry.
Their entire military is eroding quickly.. That is why their are buying technology from the West. 85 percent of the Russian army technologies are still stuck in the old analog system
AV-MF/Tupolev Tu-16 Badger. The Badger is a mainstay of Soviet Naval Aviation
Everything is decaying. The only missile system they have put into service is the Topol-M. Other than that, everything is in a state of disrepair.
Russian GDP is significantly less then the single state of California.
(Millions)
California 1,812,968
Russia 1,289,582
A modern military is very very expensive.
Russian troops are seen near truck-mounted Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2008
It is. You need the technology for a modern army which Russia does not has. They are about 30-40 years behind the United States. They are planning to purchase that technology from the West.
That is the only thing close to “modern”.
They must have a different definition for “Naval Aviation” than we do.
I don’t see a tailhook on that plane.
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Chaim Topol was the Fiddler on the Roof.
You don’t see them on P-3s either.
Good thing we don’t have to depend on them to get astronauts and equipment to and from the space station.
I read a statistic that 70% of the worlds military spending is spent on the US military.
The US Navy knows how to land a 4-engine turbo prop on an aircraft carrier without the additional weight of a tailhook.
http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c130_forrestal.asp
Even with a declining population, their GDP has nowhere but to go up. In two decades from now, it will be worth 6 trillion dollars (in 2010 dollars)
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