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October 10th, 2004   Post 1
FlyingFrog
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Post; Russian Military of Now and Near Future


Russia still has some good stuff in their military technology.

It is always good to know some more about the army of a major country.

Hope we all can put some stuff about current Russian Forces's structure and strength here, if you are interested in it.
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October 10th, 2004   Post 2
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October 10th, 2004   Post 3
the_13th_redneck
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Cutting edge military tech from Russia always has a few central themes:
1) Only a handful of them were built due to lack of funds and hopes to attract customers from abroad to make ends meet.
2) Only one prototype flew until the program was scrapped due to lack of funds.
3) It was mothballed at the design stage when it was deemed there was a lack of funds for such a project.
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October 10th, 2004   Post 4
FlyingFrog
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I believe the_13th_redneck made some good objective points there. Hope Snauhi can say something about it.
 
October 10th, 2004   Post 5
Snauhi
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck
Cutting edge military tech from Russia always has a few central themes:
1) Only a handful of them were built due to lack of funds and hopes to attract customers from abroad to make ends meet.
2) Only one prototype flew until the program was scrapped due to lack of funds.
3) It was mothballed at the design stage when it was deemed there was a lack of funds for such a project.
and where did you here that about?
 
October 11th, 2004   Post 6
Doc.S
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http://www.army-technology.com/proje...-3/bmp-31.html

http://www.defense-update.com/products/b/bmp-3-mod.htm

http://www.ifrance.com/ArmyReco/CD_v...-3/page_01.htm

http://www.rusarm.ru/exprod.htm

There are lots of good weapons in the Russian weapon plants but they need maby 10 years more of finance recover before they can come out with more then only export vehicles to other countries and few modern weapons in top condition in there own army. Things may change faster then we belive so I would not swear with my hand on the bibel that Russia need 10 more years. Everything can change fast this days and that is what makes this éra so interesting I think. Today Gold is on the run tomorrow maybe plastic film is the most valuable thing on earth? Who knows?

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October 13th, 2004   Post 7
Bharatiya
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I think Russians have a very experienced defence force backed by excellent technology.
 
October 14th, 2004   Post 8
the_13th_redneck
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Name a post-Soviet high tech weapon that was successfully mass produced. Major upgrades count as well I guess.
But if I must have a source, it was "Sukhois, MiGs and Tupolevs" from Osprey press I think.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snauhi
Quote:
Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck
Cutting edge military tech from Russia always has a few central themes:
1) Only a handful of them were built due to lack of funds and hopes to attract customers from abroad to make ends meet.
2) Only one prototype flew until the program was scrapped due to lack of funds.
3) It was mothballed at the design stage when it was deemed there was a lack of funds for such a project.
and where did you here that about?
 
October 14th, 2004   Post 9
godofthunder9010
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Isn't the SU-47 Berkut a post-Soviet design?

The Russians are utterly obsessed with keeping up with the USA in military tech. If they had the same level of interest in non-military tech, their people would be in a lot better sorts. Also, as was stated, they lack the funds to mass-produce a lot of their brilliant ideas.
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October 14th, 2004   Post 10
rOk
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I always felt that the Russians did more with less and that's always good in my book.
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