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Your last point surprises me. Aren't they one of the few remaining "Nth generation" fighter supply countries? I get they won't have all the bells and whistles o

Your last point surprises me. Aren't they one of the few remaining "Nth generation" fighter supply countries? I get they won't have all the bells and whistles of the US, but surely they have approximations of JDAM-type munitions, certainly laser guided bombs? That's 1990s tech for the US. Russia should have a "modern air force" for some approximation of "modern". If they don't, well, this is a bizarre offensive. I've read that Putin looks like he's aged 10 years in the last year or so, and people speculating he has cancer. This offensive seems poorly timed, rushed, and foolish. Like a dying autocrat's last stab.

tguvot 5y ago
>Aren't they one of the few remaining "Nth generation" fighter supply countries? boutique models :) Also if you will check news carefully, they don't really sell anything to anybody >but surely they have approximations of JDAM-type munitions, certainly laser guided bombs? probably have some limited quantity. Like 1/10th of what Israel has, in best case. They simply do not have tech or manufacturing capability to mass produce stuff. Most of things is for show. Navigators on their strategic bombers use scale ruler (there was on russian news segment about military greatness of TU160 and they by accident showed it)