Re:Russia plans Linux-based mobile operating system to rival...
by trhway on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @04:52AM
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>New tanks in the age of unmaned drones and high precision veapons,
well, it would be only half bad if there were new tanks. In reality it were "concept-tanks" and giving the most optimistic plans and cost - first deliveries in 2018 at $8M/piece (the price projected today, it will grow significantly by then) - it means that Russia will be living through 202x and into 203x with the main body of the tank force being whatever remains by then of the current 5000 total of drivable T-72/80/90 - these old tanks already are and will be even more "lame sitting ducks" for the high-precision smart AGMs of today and tomorrow and the likes.
well, it would be only half bad if there were new tanks. In reality it were "concept-tanks" and giving the most optimistic plans and cost - first deliveries in 2018 at $8M/piece (the price projected today, it will grow significantly by then) - it means that Russia will be living through 202x and into 203x with the main body of the tank force being whatever remains by then of the current 5000 total of drivable T-72/80/90 - these old tanks already are and will be even more "lame sitting ducks" for the high-precision smart AGMs of today and tomorrow and the likes.