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Welcome on board. Regarding military equipment losses, there is the source Oryx that publishes numbers of Russian and Ukrainian losses with photographic verification. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html...

Good question. I do not know what the rationale was.

I am sure that Ukraine would have held elections if there were not an existential war going on. Something else: how do people vote in a Ukrainian election if they live in an area under Russian occupation?

Ironically Dassault sounds like it would be the ideal supplier - no US political complications with Congress, no multi-nation supplier complications as with Eurofighter.

'Usurpers of power in Ukraine'? In a free election Zelensky was selected by the people of Ukraine. That may not suit Putin (who incidentally was not elected in a free election) but if anyone usurped power in Ukraine, it was the people of Ukraine.

I see that the US upgrade kits for F-16 are no longer wanted. https://bulgarianmilitary .com/2024/11/27/turkey-shocks-the-u-s-drops-f-16-fighters-deal-goes-local/ I presume that using local upgrades will save a lot of money. If (if, I don't know) the KAAN PROJECT would be accelerated by...

If a program like Gripen E (100 ordered so far) doubled to 200 orders, I could see that reducing unit costs materially. Would 100 more F-35 have much effect on unit costs? I don't see it. But I'm no expert.

1,000 days into the conflict, the US takes off the handcuffs that have prevented Ukraine from striking 'the archer' firing arrows at it from Russian soil... https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/20/ukrainian-bombers-fire-10-bunker-busting-storm-shadow-cruise-missiles-at-russian-commanders/

I have read the same. It is theorised (could be true) that Russia is happy to let the ruble fall since more rubles will be obtained from settlement of export contracts made in foreign currency (eg crude oil contracts). I imagine that this step would be temporary and would lead to increased...

The economic drop has not been very visible to most Russians. They have seen higher pay due to a shortage of labour, some have received large amounts of compensation for deaths and injuries in Ukraine, some have received large bonuses to sign up for the army, some (I guess) are receiving very...

March 22: because of the shock of Russia invading Ukraine and the uncertainty it produced, ruble holders unloaded rubles. Bank of Russia stepped in, raised interest rate to 20% as an emergency measure, started buying rubles. GDP may grow 2% in 2025. It does not produce wealth, though making...

Ti Time to let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia, isn't it? Russia's weapons suppliers North Korea and Iran do not dictate that their weapons are only used against occupied Russia (Kursk), not against Ukraine.

Interesting to read that the Bank of Russia is using an exchange rate of $1 = 103.79 rubles today when the rest of the world is using 105+. Anyone going to buy rubles from Russia when they can buy cheaper in the free market? Just checked, $1 = 105.777 rubles right now. The ruble in your pocket...

On the battlefront Ukraine continues losing ground day by day. On the economic front Russia continues losing ground day by day. Both sides are losing.

What I read from official Turkish sources is that 20 KAAN will be delivered in 2028. For that to be possible, does Turkiye not have to organise engines for them soon? If F110 use in KAAN could be denied, the sooner that is revealed, the sooner that Turkiye can decide on its strategy for KAAN if...

I don't think that any Superjets have got Russian engines. They had Powerjet 146 engines (Snecma-NPO Saturn development), so French/Russian. I think they parted company years before Ukraine was attacked. IIRC failure to support the engine with spares etc led to first/early export customer...

Putin said Russia planned to produce 1,000 airliners by 2030, not by 2035. https://tass.com/economy/1721103 PS I read quite a lot in the article about the different types to be manufactured but missed the estimate of how long the western types would last in service.

Thanks for the update. I don't have time to check right now, so what follows is from memory mostly I am sure some airliners will be produced soon in Russia. Why were the modern designs vulnerable to sanctions? Basically they incorporated many western elements/systems since they were much higher...

A bit of economics info Transport sector Russian airlines grounding nationalised western airliners... https://www.eurasiantimes.com/nearly-50-of-russias-airbus-a320-a321/ One way to fix the problem: produce more airliners...

I don't know what ToT RR would agree to. How much is required to make TF35000 sufficiently good to be acceptable? A lot? A little? Naive enquiry, I know. RR is involved with the GCAP engine. I imagine that RR has had the sort of materials/technologies necessary to make a modestly advanced...