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  And the Pro Putin Republican party still want to let them do whatever they want.
context: They got spares? Surprising… >
  
  These 24 Su-35s were originally ordered by Egypt.
  But Egypt cancelled the order before delivery so Russia has been looking for customers for these Aircraft since then. (And Since as they are Export Aircraft it's possible that they are not fully interchangeable / Compatible with the Su-35s currently in use with the Russian Air Force.) >
  
  It's also worth mentioning that Ukraine is effectively denying its airspace to Russia. The Russians don't need aircraft, they need munitions for their existing fleet of fighter bombers. >
  
  Interesting. I have no idea about this stuff. Why is a fighter bomber the choice for this conflict? >
  
  Multi-role. Better against ground forces. Ukraine has minimal air force so traditional fighter jets aren't as necessary as ones that can support ground troops. >
  
  What wonders me since the beginning of this conflict ok first Russia had to learn some lessons.The unexpected resistance of Ukrainian troops.The drones used by Ukraine for reconnaissance and sometimes attacks.The missiles used against Ships.The ManPads so all the western weapons supplies that Ukraine got.But why did the Russian army as it seems don’t adapt till today and change strategy?.There are some changes now using heavy artillery against Ukrainian trenches.But why they don’t use heavy bombers which they got in masses to bomb Ukrainian troops and compounds from an high altitude i don’t understand that,also a more heavy and intense use of heavy mortars and artillery they have enough they can produce enough they have all resources needed inland to produce them,but they have a large stock more than enough for 3 wars.I don’t get there strategic move. >
  
  
  They have no production. All their shit was produced in the USSR, it is old Soviet stockpile equipment. At most it has been refurbished since then. So they can't make new artillery or new anything else really. Russia doesn't actually have a proper economy. Outside of the main two cities it has a really informal economy, more like a 3rd world country. My friend lives in a city of 300,000, so do I, but I was shocked at how informal she described everything as. All the production was sold off in the 90's by oligarchs and never rebuilt.
  Bombers can be shot down as other commenter said
  They are running out of artillery barrels, shells etc and the rate of attrition is so much more massive than production.
  They can't change strategy because their options are limited, and their leadership is still the same (terrible, and with decision making based on lies) >
  
  
  Russia doesn't actually have a proper economy
  
  Russia's GDP is lower than the state of Texas while having almost 5 times the population. >
  
  Russia’s GDP is similar to Brazil’s, which is honestly crazy considering how the two countries are viewed so differently. >
  
  It seems like it's easier to have notoriety when you have a big military, and am willing to use it occasionally. It creates it's own political gravity. >
  
  of course the image is of mig-29s lol >
  
  payment for the Drone's that don't come from Iran..... >
  
  see everyone?? Iran isn't GIVING drones away, they are trading for them. it's entirely different. >
  
  “ I’ll trade you guys 200 working drones for 24 working jets”  
  “ I’ll trade you guys 200 working drones for 24 jet looking items.” >
  
  And they both get drones/jets from Wish dot com. >
  
  New article has picture of mig-29, why are news agencies so bad with planes? >
  
  And every rifle is an AK-47 and every pistol is a glock >
  
  Every weapon is "high powered". I can't wait to hear about a high powered knife. >
  
  Shark knives are terrifying, knife with a 12g CO2 cartridge for injecting gas out the tip >
  
  No shit that knife was in fact terrifying.  My insides got all jiggly and uncomfortable seeing it in action. >
  
  Looks like Russia is still planning on Iran to help them against Europe >
  
  Lmao neither would last 5 minutes in a real all out conflict with the west. That said, humanity might not either. >
  
  America could conquer Iran in two seconds. 
  America conquered Iraq in 6 weeks. 20 years later, we are still there, and we can never leave. Be careful what you wish for >
  
  Iran is a bit more formidable than Iraq. There’s a reason Israel and Saudi Arabia are constantly trying to get the US to do things there. >
  
  Small print: Planes gently used in Ukraine. >
  
  That sounds dirty for some reason. >
  
  “Who needs their sukhossy eaten?” >
  
  Not the best day to be literate >
  
  Call me silly but those are Mig 29 Fulcrums not Su-35 Flankers >
  
  Nope you are correct. News sites seem to just Google "Russian fighter" and paste the first image. >
  
  Its ok, a republican congressman posted a picture of a russian warship for the US navy's birthday >
  
  Who? Do you have a link? >
  
  No I Said 35 su-24 jets >
  
  Thank you for the purchase order of 35224 jets. Incoterm 90 does not apply and the order is irreversible as stated in our terms of service. Edit: Delivery time is updated. With the current backlag of microprocessors we estimate delivery time to be 25 years. To leviate for the waiting time we can dispatch 10 well used airframes clear for reassembly. You can pick them up at these locations in Ukraine. >
  
  CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! Why is the button greyed out? Fuck! >
  
  We have recieved your purchase order of three pieces of cancelling and a fuck. Funds have been transmitted by your patreons. We have dispatched three executioners and a whore to your location. Have a nice day. >
  
  Wait, our patrons can get us jets?! Here I’m getting $18 a month and those cheap fucks could be sending me jets. >
  
  The Su-35 while competent is just dog shit when flown by pilots with no training. >
  
  Same goes for any other piece of military hardware. >
  
  Can confirm. An Abrams being flown by a pilot with no training can't even get off the runway. >
  
  can confirm, just failed at landing my m1 abrams, shit is difficult to hover >
  
  Depiction of a tank landing >
  
  Lmao haven’t seen that in a time. It’s a nice gif 
  I’ll consult my Russian comrades on their tank flying experiences. My shaman will be in town next week so it’s perfect. >
  
  They are buddies with Iran. That’s all anyone really needs to know about Russia. >
  
  'Birds of a feather flock together' as the saying goes. >
  
  "20 Su-35 for 50 of your drones."
  "How about 24 Su-35?" >
  
  Shows a pic of Mig-29s... >
  
  If take them for test flights first, maybe check the Carfax... >
  
  For Postal service? >
  
  Protestors, probably... >
  
  Garbage collectors >
  
  Beat me to it. >
  
  "Buy some of these planes, look at how good they just did against 1970s Soviet hardware." >
  
  A surprisingly decent thing to advertise, since a lot of countries still rock that hardware. >
  
  Except that they're losing in superior numbers to said 1970s hardware and haven't been able to maintain or even gain air superiority in an entire year of conflict with them.
  And if they're not effective against 1970s Soviet gear they're certainly not going to compete against Chinese/European jets and US jets might as well be alien tech. So again.. Su-35... wha? >
  
  The Iranian regime obviously needed to update their weapons in order to combat their primary enemy.
  The Iranian people. >
  
  Israel is against providing lethal aid to Ukraine to keep its relationship with Russia... Still a good policy? >
  
  Out of curiosity, could you name one time that Ukraine helped Israel? name one time Ukraine voted in favor of Israel in the UN?
  Israel is helping them alot btw (one example: the idf built and been operating an hospital in Ukraine, maybe more than one there), not supplying weapons though. And about asking Israel for Iron dome while they don't have enough of it for themselves this ridiculous >
  
  Out of curiosity do you know that weapons you sell to Azerbaijan ( Iron Dome and all) also vote against Israel in the UN?  Do you understand that a country with its land occupied can't vote for Israel for obvious reasons?
  Do you need an excuse for being on the wrong side of history? Pick whatever you want, UN voting, Babin Yar, didn't do the dishes... >
  
  Azerbaijan gave Israel oil when it was under embargo from all Arab countries.  Israel hasn't given them iron dome.  There are millions of Azeris living in Iran, Azerbaijan has been an undercover ally of Israels for a long time.   Recently Ukraine has voted in favor of Israel and the Palestinians to have peace talks in Moscow >
  
  My mistake on the iron dome, I remembered that it was bought bye some other ally's.  Wonder why there weren't any public video's of the Azeris using it against the armenians >
  
  You mean defending themselves. As far as I know the Iron Dome system is a defense system. >
  
  Islamic regime's air force is aging and mostly comprised of relic F-14 tomcats which if even are flight-worthy are not combat material. Their endeavors for manufacturing a fighter is just a joke, they are trying to refurbish archaic f-5 tigers, but they haven't been able to fly any of these junks, let alone prime them for combat.
  So they have no option but to renovate their air force, obviously they cannot purchase western equipments, therefore, their only option is Russia. Iranian regime are so desperate for these aircrafts that it is willing to participate in Russian war against Ukraine, take the blame, and accept the isolation from the whole world just to receive these fighter jets. Futile tries of a troubled dictatorship begging for help from another one, will it provide any results? >
  
  US has been concerned that the Saudis were starting to chummy up to Vladdy.  This sale has to put a pretty good chill on that. >
  
  Do they work? >
  
  Some assembly/R&D required >
  
  Man Iran getting serious fighting those protestors. >
  
  “Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend.”
  —Napoleon
  Edit turns out it actually a Napoleon quote, still love the ice cream though >
  
  I don’t know if he’s the best source for an opinion regarding good reasons to wage war >
  
  Majority of Napoleon’s wars were defensive, despite what perfidious albion propoganda would tell you. >
  
  
  perfidious albion
  
  Lol >
  
  Sukhoi desu nee >
  
  Estimated delivery: 10-20 business years. >
  
  Iran going to be disappointed when they discover that all the trouble and cost they went through to get these fighters just means they are target practice for the Israeli air force. >
  
  It’s about to get a whole lot of complicated in 2023.. >
  
  Are these fifth gen? >
  
  absolutely not >
  
  I wonder if this will change Israel's mind about helping Ukraine. >
  
  All coming with brand new Garmin car GPS units. >
  
  Cool, they're going to give them the next 23 that roll off the assembly line. >
  
  They work best if you fly very low. >
  
  Sukhoi strong like Bull.  You take 24, yes? >
  
  
  Some assembly required
  Results may very
  Sukhoi is not responsible for any damages. >
  
  And crazy how Iran threatens Ukraine to stop saying they support Russian in the war with drones 😪🧐 >
  
  Whatever happen to the Iranian toy 5th Gen fighter? I guess 4th Gen Soviet SU-35's are better, right? At least they are real, not fanboy toys. >
  
  The Iranian 5th Gen planes are in that giant underground hanger that's right next to Russia's maneuverable hypersonic glider hangar. >
  
  Oh good. When the Iranian dictatorship collapses under its own incompetence we’ll have access to study those new Russian jets. >
  
  Why do people think if the clerical government collapses all of the sudden Iran will turn into the wests bitch. Government collapse and reorg rarely changes strategic priorities, even if a secular government comes to power, there foreign policy will not do a 180. And that’s even assuming that kind of collapse leads to a secular government, much more likely you get a IRGC military dictatorship ah la Pakistan >
  
  Next headline: Guy in charge of Su-35 program unexpectedly dies without explanation, mysteriously. >
  
  Isreal will make short work of them. >
  
  There’s a girl that’s been on my mind
  All the time
  Sukhoi Su-35 >
  
  …Now you don’t even know that plane 
  But Iran likes ‘em just the same… >
  
  Fifth-Generation >
  
  4th Generation
  May be 4+ generation depending on avionics suite. >
  
  Duck tapped Garmin GPS.. >
  
  They won't work any-hoo. My 1999 VW pop top camper van has a better guidance system. >
  
  For someone NOT supplying drones that seems quite generous. >
  
  This should make Israel’s day. Maybe it’s time for them to get off the fence and support Ukraine. >
  
  Just more target practice for Israeli pilots when the time comes >
  
  I've heard each jet is perfect for taking out a single patriot missile. >
  
  Wait till they get Putin’s bill for training and maintenance…. >
  
  For what? To shoot at protesters from above? >
  
  What else? They need these to counter guys that hand out chocolate to girls without hijab! >
  
  Upcoming business for the Israelis. >
  
  Russian fighter jets are just a couple of sheet metal, oil and rivets in close formation! >
  
  Toy models or just the drawings? >
  
  I guess the Russian airforce has decided it doesn’t need any new trainers >
  
  And the Russian garage sale begins.  Anyone need some old poorly maintained Kalishnikovs?  I guess we shouldn’t have sent our arms dealer back. >
  
  Uhm that seems negligence of running efforts against Ukraine. Sure this wasn't in the opposite direction... what's Iran got to attack.. just saying >
  
  It’s not like they are using them. >
  
  curious where they will get the chips new… most probably it will be second hand: >
  
  That's a pretty good looking aircraft. >
  
  Yeh the mig 29 is a looker >
  
  Russia: Yep. 24 Su-35s. Thanks for the drones! We’ll drop them off ….tomorrow. >
  
  The air war in Russia/Ukraine doesn’t seem to be very effective.  For example, the US had tons of footage with their helicopter gun ships as well as the c-140 blasting away enemies.  But for this war. I’be mainly just seen them fly in a general direction, spam all their missiles at the enemy’s general direction, and hightail it out of there, with tons of flares.  Are they actually hitting viable targets OR is it how I’m seeing it, mass spamming of missiles towards enemy and retreating? >
  
  No, both sides' potent air defenses make it very risky for the other's air forces to operate within range. Launching unguided rockets on a parabolic arc like that gives them greater range to where they don't have to go too far into the enemy's air defense range to attack, but are horribly inaccurate so you can really just fire them towards a general area and hope they hit something of importance. Russia has failed to establish any kind of air superiority over Ukraine like the US has in its operations, so they can't do all that stuff the US did. That's how I understand it, anyways. >
  
  As long as they can fix them when they fall halfway there >
  
  And no, Iran didn't "give" those drones to Russia!
  (trading isn't giving really) >
  
  Putin needs the cash >
  
  Needs the weapons more likely. Those shaheeds aren't cheap. >
  
  In exchange for all the drones I guess. >
  
  Penguins >
  
  yes
  give away your dwindling supply >
  
  So ooga booga fist pound at MARGINALLY modern jets? >
  
  That's the payment for the drones. >
  
  just trading from iranian made drones. >
  
  Those are not SU-35s.  Those are a Mig-29 derivative. >
  
  Sweet trade bro. Was that off Facebook Market Place? >
  
  Wow 😯 >
  
  Russia and Iran tie getting closer >
  
  Aww they are upcycling their trash. That's cute. >
  
  US to train Ukraine with RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles >
  
  …and the picture is MiG-29’s. >
  
  Well fucking blow me down. Who saw that coming? 🤣💩🇷🇺 >
  
  Wow, 24! Everyone get to your bunkers. >
  
  Probably works just as good as the old samsung batteries👌 >
  
  Lol, fair trade for their kamikaze dronez >
  
  With latest Garmin GPS. >
  
  Probably better for them to swap them for drones I guess >
  
  Pretty pointless comment - but I experienced a very low flyby of an F18 recently. I could have hit it with a rock underarm (if it wasn't going so fast). 
  Awe inspiring if it's on your side. Terrifying if not. It's amazing what we can create when we feel the need. And yet we are still fighting bushfires with trucks and hoses. >
  
  Supplying, or moving them to safety? >
  
  How can Israel continue to stay on the sidelines? >
  
  Slightly used…. >
  
  More like "Russia to move remaining jets to Iran to try to protect them". But whatever. >
  
  The ones pictured are mig 35s >
  
  Better to sell them than sacrifice more bodies over the skies of Ukraine in them.  🛩️💥💀 >
  
  Now they can replace their F4 phantoms >
  
  Enemy of my enemy is my friend >
  
  Supply…? or hide them before they get destroyed >
  
  They probably came from their Syrian Air base.  And will be a lo g time coming. Like we owe ya 33 more. >
  
  Russia to supply Iran with scrap metal >
  
  Merry Christmas to you too. >
  
  Quick, mobilize some antique F-14s to do a modified canyon run and shoot down 3 Su-35s. >
  
  Haha, because Russia can spare a few ?  Better check that they aren't empty shells. >
  
  Oh, I thought Iran was getting 5th generation fighters. >
  
  Can you imagine a Head of State dinner with  Kim jong , Ayatollah Trump  and Putin .. what do you think the menu would be?….. Rice , kabobs, big macs, borscht. …. Followed by a room full of hookers for dessert >
  
  Target practice for Israeli Air Force. >
  
  They have enough left to sell? 
  No way?! >
  
  Israel - hold my menorah. >
  
  So that the religious nutcases can shoot girls wearing their hair "wrong" from the sky? >
  
  Hey Israel. Time to help Ukraine out? >
  
  Made with that world-class Russian precision engineering. >
  
  Pictures in the article are of mig’s >
  
  I think it's time for Israel to move. >
  
  Good luck. Western sanctions got their economy on the ropes. Unless they will utilize Chinese parts. >
  
  Lol, Nice of them to send us and the Israelis target drones. >
  
  We'll shoot those down, too. >
  
  Definitely not going to drop bombs on protesters. >
  
  Israel should love that. Hopefully they have a nice reply for Ukraine over this. >
  
  Next article is going to say Israel destroyed 24 Fighter jets. >
  
  Might as well.  Russia hasn't flown tactical air since February.  It's either leave the planes on the runway to burn when hit by HIMARS, or sell them. >
  
  Half not capable of flying. Half not capable of shooting. Unparalleled ruZZian technology. >
  
  We will sell our planes, before they get destroyed... fair enough