[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????

[Captain Rhino]

Probably by selling lots of its oil and gas to Europe and China.

[aegiscg47]

Exactly. I read somewhere that Russian pilots are currently only averaging around 20-30 hours of flying time per year! Also, delivery of new jets has slowed to a crawl, so I think that this is the same about the expansion of the navy, i.e., meant as propaganda at home to show that Russia will be a world leader again.