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Yes i have :

Navy
Su-30SM/Navy you have 20 ord/8 del
Mig-29K : 24 ord/14 del

AF :
Su-30SM 65 ord/ i have 34 del for end 2014 possible now 45/50
Su-30M2 20 ord/ 16 del
Su-34 : 124 ord/ 68 del + 6 pre-serie again in sercice for tests
Su-35 : 88 ord 48+40/ 36 del/

In more
16 Mig-29SMT in order normaly next year 36 Mig-35 about but only 12 T-50 for 2020 initialy planned 52.
max 60 Mig-31 mod in BM for 2020 : 110.

Plants :
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Jeff Head

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Daily Mail and UK Express (and others) reporting that Turkey has show down a Russian Jet that crossed into their air space.

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Daily Mail said:
according to unconfirmed reports on social media.

It has been claimed by eyewitnesses that there was a large explosion in Huraytan, northern Syria, while three fighter planes were seen overhead.

Rumours of a jet being shot out of the sky come amid heightening tensions between Russian president Vladimir Putin and the West.


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, one journalist tweeted that three Turkish planes had been responding to 'mysterious' lock-ons from MIG-29 jets, which are used by Putin's forces.

It comes days after another Russian aircraft violated Turkish airspace.

If true, this is a very serious development. Turkey is a member of NATO, any attack on Turkey could result in a much more serious conflict.

Please discuss this development in detail the ISIS/ISIL Crisis Thread, though some aspects of the actual Russian military equipment used could be discussed here.

Wa this an SU-34, or other Russian jet? Was it downed (if this gets confirmed) by ground fire or a Turkish F-16 aircraft?
 
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delft

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Daily Mail and UK Express (and others) reporting that Turkey has show down a Russian Jet that crossed into their air space.

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If true, this is a very serious development. Turkey is a member of NATO, any attack on Turkey could result in a much more serious conflict.

Please discuss this development in detail the ISIS/ISIL Crisis Thread, though some aspects of the actual Russian military equipment used could be discussed here.

Wa this an SU-34, or other Russian jet? Was it downed (if this gets confirmed) by ground fire or a Turkish F-16 aircraft?
Most likely part of the Turkish election campaign. Perhaps meant to deflect attention from the bombings in Ankara that might have caused 86 victims.
 
I think I posted about the Armata price (now can't find it though) to be 400m Rubles; now:
Russia's New Armata Battle Tank Dramatically Cheaper Than Expected
Russia's new Armata T-14 tank will cost a mere 250 million rubles ($3.75 million) when it enters serial production, the head of the vehicle's manufacturer said Tuesday, putting the battle tank in strong position to compete with U.S. and European rivals on the global export market.

The Armata T-14 is Russia's first new main battle tank since the fall of the Soviet Union. Its design is a departure from Soviet models, focusing on heavier armor and crew survivability. Soviet tanks were designed largely as mass-produced throwaways.

The official cost of a single Armata has not been released, but Oleg Sienko, head of tank maker UralVagonZavod, said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Tuesday that it would be two times less than the popularly reported 500 million ruble ($7.5 million) price tag circulated by Russian and international media.

Competitors to the Armata, such as the German Leopard 2, the U.S. M1 Abrams, and the British Challenger 2 are estimated to cost anywhere from $6.8 to $8.6 million, news agency RBC reported Tuesday. China's Type 99 main battle tank, however, is estimated to cost a mere $2.6 million.

The low dollar price tag of the Armata — which its makers claim is the most advanced tank in the world — is largely thanks to a 50 percent fall in the value of the ruble to the greenback since the start of 2014.

But while the weak ruble may help, Russia's larger economic slump may make it harder for UralVagonZavod to achieve a low price per unit.

Unveiling the Armata at this year's Victory Day parade, held on May 9th to celebrate 70 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, President Vladimir Putin pledged that the Russian armed forces would procure 2,300 of the new tanks under the government's ongoing decade-long 20 trillion ruble ($350 billion) rearmament program, which is set to wrap up in 2020.

However, that program was developed and budgeted in 2011, before Russia's economic slump began last year. With the economy expected to contract by around 4 percent in 2015, Moscow may not be able to afford 2,300 Armatas.

This could affect the tank's mass manufacture, which is slated to begin as early as next year. And, Sienko said on Ekho Moskvy, the 250 million ruble price tag for the Armata “all depends on how we prepare technologically for their [serial] production.”
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