I think the 200 or so pilots were lost in aging MiG-21s and -27s, rather than modern Sukhois (wiki says 170 for the MiG-21, plus 40 civilians). The Indians have been complaining about the reliability of engines in their Su-30MKIs though.

It would be an issue if you didn’t have a dozen F-35s to send to Turkey, which retiring lots of legacy aircraft to buy a few more F-35s might result in.

Your argument falls apart when you look at the number of aircraft in question:

I could say the same about an election between Trump and Clinton.

A better example would be a coal rolling Brodozer. It sells itself as a practical, powerful, utilitarian vehicle, but it’s really a grandstand for a massive ego that pisses off everyone who gets to close to it.

If this was a Cobolt, it would be COTD, every day, forever.

Excuse me?

I think it says a lot about Honda’s current lineup that racing class they sponsor uses a car that has been out of production for years because they haven’t even tried to match it.

Came to say this.

This looks like something Torch would whip up. I was slightly confused when this turned out to be a real thing rather than one of his fever-induced dreams.

Why is it that these LCS are necessary?

Good. You won’t feel bad when you scrape against a rock.

I saw that video yesterday and wondered what it was at 1:58. That makes perfect sense now. Thanks!

I love the TIE Avenger/Advanced. It has all of the perks of the TIE Interceptor and Vader’s Advanced X1, in a smaller package than the badass-but-huge-and-hugely-expensive TIE Defender.

IMHO, these are the best looking fighters currently in production. Dassault knows how to make a sexy jet.

And the rust!

I actually like the deck paint, especially on dark painted Krivaks and Neustrashimyys.

The Russians have a variety of modern corvette-sized designs in production that are quite modern. It’s the larger ships - cruisers, destroyers, carriers - that they couldn’t afford to build after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and still have trouble building now.

This might look ok - maybe even good - if the colors were inverted. Pic related. I think this is a Jaguar XF.

Is that a slide? For soldiers? A war slide?