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I have no doubt whatsoever that Russia have the resources and the potential to build this plane that they speak of (& you guys make fun of).
Originally posted by Blackout
[Russia isn't the 2nd largest spender:
www.globalsecurity.org...
.
Originally posted by jonesey_dude
Russia has the potential to build a plane equal to the F-22, Unlike the west, Russia dont need anexcuse for a huge defence budget because its always been like that. So they could fund a project to build a plane equal to the F-22. Because they will make a huge ammount of money from sales to China, India and other countrys because there all so scared of the Raptor. So Russia would actually be making a huge ammount of money in the long run for a Plane like this. The expenses spent on research and development will be made back 10 fold.
Originally posted by prelude
Originally posted by Blackout
[Russia isn't the 2nd largest spender:
www.globalsecurity.org...
.
that's only one source(rather Estimate) I can give many other sources that claim Russia is the secong largest spender
here is one of them
Russian budget :
www.strategypage.com...
chinese buget
www.strategypage.com...
moreover Russia dosent officially publiush defense budjet (china does ) ...Russian budget is an estimate of defense analysts ....so diff orgs estimate diff values ....but the matter of fact is most of the orgs accept that the russian defense budjet is the second highest
more over all these are 2004 estimates ...the Russian govt officially inscreased the defense spending in 2005 by 40% and in 2006 the spending is schduled to increase by 40%
strategypage is a very bad, bad site to quote. They have been wrong on many occasions and is not thought of as a real source in the military discussion comunity.
Originally posted by prelude
Originally posted by Blackout
[Russia isn't the 2nd largest spender:
www.globalsecurity.org...
.
that's only one source(rather Estimate) I can give many other sources that claim Russia is the secong largest spender
here is one of them
Russian budget :
www.strategypage.com...
chinese buget
www.strategypage.com...
moreover Russia dosent officially publiush defense budjet (china does ) ...Russian budget is an estimate of defense analysts ....so diff orgs estimate diff values ....but the matter of fact is most of the orgs accept that the russian defense budjet is the second highest
more over all these are 2004 estimates ...the Russian govt officially inscreased the defense spending in 2005 by 40% and in 2006 the spending is schduled to increase by 40%
Among non-Nato nations, Japan spent US $46.9 billion on defense in 2003, The People's Republic of China, US$ 32.8 billion, and Russia, US $13 billion, (5%, 4%, and 1% of the world total, respectively).
The Pentagon said China could now be spending up to $90bn a year on defence, and that its military build-up put regional balances at risk.
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Good to have a russian plane specialist on ATS... But what about the
Su-37...?
Originally posted by Hockeyguy567
I agree with you on that, but some of the people on the forums have a ton of knoweledge.
Mr. Putin said the Russian government set a goal of strengthening the country’s defense capability, Channel One reported. According to him, defense spending will also be increased significantly in 2005. [bThe Russian Defense Ministry’s budget is RUR 380bn (about $13.1bn) in 2004.