Why are old Soviet jets so cheap? Why does the US want them? Surely they've got some specimens over all these years.
inb4 gonna buy my own squadron
Why are old Soviet jets so cheap? Why does the US want them? Surely they've got some specimens over all these years.
Holy frick its insane how many moronic Black folk there are on /k/, those planes still have working part that Ukraine can use to repair some of its own and at 20k they are even simply good enough to serve as decoys
Also it keeps them out of Russian hands
this entire board has gone to shit after the war started anon. Just give up
pick-up
so russia wont buy em
They're trying to defeat Russian MiG31s by starving them for parts and letting the Russians wear them out. Relatively early on aircraft grade tires were an actual problem for Russians to get enough of. I don't know it that's still the case. Maybe the Iranians can teach them how to maintenance jihad or whatever they called it.
Because they are sold as scrap
>ally
Are they available singular on the dank web? asking for a novel I'm writing.
Everything on God's green earf is available for purchase
>Why are old Soviet jets so cheap?
Because exchange rates + low demand
>Why does the US want them?
To deny Russia spare parts
>Why are old Soviet jets so cheap?
they are old and suck
>Why does the US want them?
for training and trolling russia
we will either just let them rust , or make them into drones to shoot down, just for shits and giggles
For the next Top Gun movie
HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE
>Kazakhstan... is engaging more with western nations
That's the only part of this article I care about bros, bring them on
But also if I made like double what I do now and I had heard about this, I would have bought one and threw it in my yard lol
I am owed a Kazakhstani wife
>I am owed a Kazakhstani wife
You're owed nothing Nigel, back to your basment
A mig-21 next to the tyre swan would look pretty sweet
>asian features
>grey eyes
Jesus, her left eye is fricked-up. It looks like someone tried opening up her tear duct.
Eurasian genes in a nutshell.
Take the stan pill and get u one cheap. Had a gf from that part of the world who was half slav, half chinkmutt, all slampig. They dont typically gaf about moslem shit and know how to roast a goat
they belong in a museum and the US buying them is the only sure way they get there
Upkeeping aggressor aircraft, parts kits for Ukraine, some good deal in exchange for something in return, extreme schizo theory reverse engineering and producing copycats
The big thing here is the SU-24s IMO. Ukraine does not have many and it's the only thing that is throwing Storm Shadow/SCALP even when F-16s arrive. A majority of their SU-24 fleet was non flyable. Makes me wonder if they'll be able to bring some airframes back online if they need to.
At 20k a pop the real question is why wouldnt the US buy them. Just for shits and giggles.
Anon, the construction company I work for buys a handheld tool whose only purpose is cutting pieces of strut for 3.5k each. 20k is pissed away by government employees on accident by two guys named Jim on a Tuesday afternoon and nobody cares.
Also, compare that ridiculous sum to what anti-air missiles / harm caused by Russian planes cost. If that purchase denies even one plane from getting repaired by the Russians by removing spare parts (because that’s likely what the Kazakh planes are good for, cannibalizing parts) from Russian-available market, it’s a good deal.
Just spitballing here:
I can't see a reason you can't use old jet parts to make loyal wingman drones.
Particularly if you're trying to support a country that is already trying to do that, and has access to old Soviet craft in quantity to do so.
do you happen to be mentally disabled?
none of these things are going to be flying again
It's probably just a very cheap middle finger to Russia as they could be useful for parts and a million is fricking nothing.
>none of these things are going to be flying again
The planes were so cheap because it isn't worth the cost to revive them.
The same thing was said about the North Macedonian Su-25 fleet (of two airframes). Sent to Ukraine after sitting in the open for 20 years, potentially for spare parts.
Recently spotted in active service again.
Why are they so cheap you ask? Well that's because they were produced in the Soviet union. In the 70s or 80s probably.
Fake news!
>Who are these experts?
>What are they experts at?
>Can we see these experts?
>thibault dicklet and rebecca rim men