[snowrip]

If the US continues on its current path, that will be about the time we can no longer fund our military.

[Fee]

Good luck Russia. With 90 percent of Russians make enough to pay food and rent and only 10 percent have enough left over to open a bank account, Russia is in worst shape then China. In China even a farmer has a bank savings account. So where is Russia going to get the funds to pay for all this new hardware and spare parts to keep them flying????

[GonzoGOP]

According to the general, in 2011 the Air Force plans to adopt Su-27SM, Su-30M2 and Su-35S multirole fighters, Su-34 fighter-bombers and Yak-130 combat trainers as well as Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters, Mi-8 armed assault helicopters, Ka-226 and Ansat-U light multipurpose helicopters.

"The priority for the strategic aviation is the modernization of 80 percent of existing Tu-160, Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3 bombers and Il-78M aerial tankers...and the extension of their service life," Sadofyev said.

For those of us raised in the cold war the fact that the name MiG doesn't appear even once on the list of aircraft being procured by the Russian military is something of a shock. There was a time when you called every Soviet aircraft a MiG, and you were usually right.

[jim_trent]

How many F22 or F35’s are we going to have?

I remember reading about an exchange between an American soldier and a Russian soldier.

The American said that we go for quality, not quantity.

The Russian said that quantity has a quality of its own.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

If true, this is very aggressive. I think they are overstating what they can do, but I don’t doubt they’ll be adding to their forces. But 150 a year? They also have issues with their Navy to deal with at the same time, which will compete for funds...fancy planes and boats are $$$