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> Russia doesn't need up to date Western equipment. Guns and bullets made 1980s style will still kill people very effectively. What about planes? Helicopters?

> Russia doesn't need up to date Western equipment. Guns and bullets made 1980s style will still kill people very effectively. What about planes? Helicopters? SAMs? Drones? India has cancelled their order of MiG-29s - it seems unlikely this is because of pro-Ukraine sentiment. It could be because they no longer have confidence in the performance of MiG-29s. But most likely it is because India does not believe Russia will be able to manufacture those planes as a result of sanctions. Guns, bullets, tanks, APCs, artillery - these Russia may be able to continue to produce. But these alone are not enough to win a war against another nation-state.

neilwilson 5y ago
Russia is a country that builds rocket engines and exports machine tools They ship these things to Turkey to help build nuclear power plants. https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/145486/ https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/145486/ The idea that a country like Russia cannot make mere aircraft - particularly once it suspends enforcement of the West's patents and copyright - is likely wishful thinking.
- mannerheim 5y ago
  Yet Russia has to come crawling to China for parts for airlines - who has refused to provide them.[0] Modern aircraft are rife with specialised electronics - where is Russia going to get them? Perhaps Russia will be able to build fighters up to the standards of the 1980s. But sanctions will cripple its ability to build modern fighters. Another matter entirely will be Russia's ability to find engineers who are able to design military hardware for them. They had already been suffering brain drain prior to the invasion and sanctions, and currently there is a flood of emigration. Not just to the West, but even places like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Flights from Moscow to Tbilisi reached almost $2k. True, bread and housing will be just as available and affordable to a Russian engineer. But if he wishes for any of the comforts of the West, those will be unavailable to him. And not to mention income - for instance, Roscosmos engineers before the invasion supposedly made only around $10k a year. [0]: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-says-china-refuses-supply-aircraft-parts-after-sanctions-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-sa...

neilwilson 5y ago

Russia is a country that builds rocket engines and exports machine tools They ship these things to Turkey to help build nuclear power plants. https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/145486/ https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/145486/ The idea that a country like Russia cannot make mere aircraft - particularly once it suspends enforcement of the West's patents and copyright - is likely wishful thinking.

mannerheim 5y ago
Yet Russia has to come crawling to China for parts for airlines - who has refused to provide them.[0] Modern aircraft are rife with specialised electronics - where is Russia going to get them? Perhaps Russia will be able to build fighters up to the standards of the 1980s. But sanctions will cripple its ability to build modern fighters. Another matter entirely will be Russia's ability to find engineers who are able to design military hardware for them. They had already been suffering brain drain prior to the invasion and sanctions, and currently there is a flood of emigration. Not just to the West, but even places like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Flights from Moscow to Tbilisi reached almost $2k. True, bread and housing will be just as available and affordable to a Russian engineer. But if he wishes for any of the comforts of the West, those will be unavailable to him. And not to mention income - for instance, Roscosmos engineers before the invasion supposedly made only around $10k a year. [0]: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-says-china-refuses-supply-aircraft-parts-after-sanctions-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-sa...