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In article , "Kevin Brooks"
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Well, what is really strange that Russia has enough money (due to high
oil prices) to spend on military acquisitions..

What acquisitions? They have been buying danged little in the lines of new
equipment over the last ten years or so. In the aircraft sector, their
emphasis has been almost solely on export production; domestic work has
largely been limited to some upgrade work, and they have been having a hard
time paying for even *that*. A 2002 study indicated that Russia was putting
about 7.5% of the funds into aircraft development/production that they had
committed during the Soviet era--that level of funding is not going to
stretch very far.

Where is that second large (by their standards) aircraft carrier they built
going? India. Where are the Su-30's going? India, China, etc. So what are
these "military acquisitions" for domestic use that you speak of?

Before getting snarky, it helps to count to ten.

Notice that he said that they have enough money to _spend_ on acquisitions,
not that they are actually acquiring anything.




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