What the Hell Is Angola Doing With These State-of-the-Art Fighters?

War is Boring ^ | September 21, 2017 | Robert Beckhusen

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[G Larry]

Those only fly with Russian pilots.
Don’t kid yourself.

[ThinkingBuddha]

Are these ex Indian air force Su-30k airplanes?

[blueunicorn6]

They use them to root out meerkats.

[DoughtyOne]

I have no way of knowing, but that’s certainly not out of the question. You may be exactly right.

[SMARTY]

So it’s just the Russians getting bases in Angola?

[SandRat]

They may look state of the Art”, but what’s bought from the Russians will still be the Monkey Model.

[Fido969]

$80 million each for a used, out-of-date airplane?

[MeganC]

“What the Hell Is Angola Doing With These State-of-the-Art Fighters?”

Angola needs to be able to defend itself from the murderous and genocidal South African ANC regime.

[Rebelbase]

Cuba used Angola as a combat training ground for years.

[BenLurkin]

They use them to deliver our foreign aid tax dollars.

[Teacher317]

Islam in Angola is extremely limited. It is not even registered as a legal religion as of 2016. Only 90k Sunni in a population of 25 million. Maybe I don’t mind Angola having decent weapons. Hm.

[Widget Jr]

Is Angola just replacing worn out equipment? they got a lot of their planes used, and most of their fighters are long out of production.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I was looking for something more like this...

[henkster]

Assuming they are sufficiently upgraded to be effective military hardware doesn’t necessarily give you an effective military. Ask Saddam Hussein about that.

[TheConservativeTejano]

What the Hell Is Angola Doing With These State-of-the-Art Fighters?

Angola is trying to protect its borders from those Mooselimbs that are trying their best to get into Angola.

Angola is the one of the only African countries to not allow any Mosque to be built on their soil plus they do not want any Mooselimbs in their country.

I would say that is a pretty good reason to arm yourself to the teeth when you are dealing with these Mooselimnb heathen.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t follow Angola close enough to know. Hope someone else chimed in.

[Widget Jr]

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Oh dear oh my. This is getting deadly serious. The dreaded AU (alternative universe) Su-37 "Steampunk-ski" outfitted with the latest Japanese "anime" technology. Features include:

* Exposed tail gunner immune to both slipstream and high-g manuvers, and a clear field of fire to shoot up the boiler.
* 4" caliber Gatling cannon with "anti-physics" recoil compensation in the starboard inlet.
* Inverted gull wings because they look cool.
* Pre-rusted and pre-worn out parts to keep mechanics busy at all the wrong times.

Sorry, I couldn't resist a little humor. I only built a snap-together model van with my Dad as a kid, but I do appreciate the creativity in kitbashing.

[vetvetdoug]

Its too late for them to be the first to shoot down the plane carrying the Secretary of the UN. I guess they’ll have to settle for being the second.