Russian Air Power: An OVERHYPED Threat?

At the end of the Cold War Russia inherited not only a massive air fleet but also a reputation for a powerful air force. After more than a decade of limited funds, where do the Russian Aerospace forces stand in 2021.
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Justin Bronk, Whitehall Reports: Russian and Chinese Combat Air Trends: Current Capabilities and Future Threat Outlook, 30 October 2020
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Piotr Butowski, Russia's Air-launched Weapons, 2017: www.amazon.co.uk/Russias-Air-...
Piotr Butowski, Flashpoint Russia, 2019: www.amazon.co.uk/Flashpoint-R...
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- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Expert: Justin Bronk
00:58 - Russian Air Power since Cold War
05:53 - Technical difference: East vs West
11:35 - Su57: Russian Stealth
15:06 - The Scary Stuff
21:31 - Major recent changes for Russian Aerospace
27:17 - Recommendations
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