None of the signs are looking good.


Vladimir Putin announced ambitious plans to revive Russia's military power and restore its role as the world's leading producer of military aircraft yesterday.

Speaking at the opening of the largest airshow in Russia's post-Soviet history, the president said he was determined to make aircraft manufacture a national priority after decades of lagging behind the west.

The remarks follow his decision last week to resume long-range missions by strategic bomber aircraft capable of hitting the US with nuclear weapons. Patrols over the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic began last week for the first time since 1992.


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Just one more step towards the march back to the Cold War era. All over a damn missle deployment.

Tumbleweed wrote:Just one more step towards the march back to the Cold War era. All over a damn missle deployment.

The Artic thing is helping too. There are not many ppl on forums that are watching this situation and soon they will be all over it, when it is too late and their opinion is molded. It is only a matter of time, their are too many players lining up.

Getting the resources out of the ground will be a whole different ball game. Russia can claim all the land they want but the artic is a hostile environment no matter who is looking to cash in on it's resources.

MAybe they are waiting for the ice to melt, before they attempt any drilling. That would make it esasier.

Russia displays new bomber. Can you smell the testosterone?



MOSCOW: Russia unveiled on Thursday the mock-up of a pilotless bomber plane that its constructors say will be even better than the famous US stealth fighter at evading enemy radars and anti-aircraft fire.

NTV television showed a full-sized model of the bat-like plane known as Skat, which means “stingray,” at an air show just outside Moscow the first public glimpse of the project run by Russia’s MiG Corporation.

The aircraft has a flattened, swept-back profile reminiscent of the US air force’s stealth aircraft, with a bubble-like cockpit area, although the plane will not have a pilot, NTV reported.


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It was only a matter of time before they developed their own stealth technology.

well now that they have it, the question is what will they do with it? Will they share with others or keep it to themselves?