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A comment on F-35: What The Pilots Say. Parent comment

Re:F-35: What The Pilots Say by nradov on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:30AM (#19511960)
The Russians aren't in a great rush to acquire anything new because they're simply short of cash. People seem to forget that Russia's GDP is about the same size as Italy. After they pay for their strategic nuclear forces there's not much room in the budget for anything else.
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Re:F-35: What The Pilots Say by detritus on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:43AM (#19512089)
Sure, but they do have a healthy export market for their armaments...
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Re:F-35: What The Pilots Say by nradov on Friday March 29, 2019 @12:33AM (#19519178)
Russia's remaining arms customers are mostly poor and desperate. They can't afford 5G aircraft. India used to be a major customer but now that they have more money they're shifting purchases to better alternatives.
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