Comments on: Russian Aviation: What’s New is Old http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tony http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-188 tony Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:33:54 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/#comment-188 I think the long range recon flights are nothing more than a "Ponzi" game used to distract Russian citizens from the real political/economic problems facing them in the very near future. I agree that Russian officials have a tendency to boast too much; and that it is an inbred part of the national character which comes from toasting to often with 100 grams of vodka I think the long range recon flights are nothing more than a “Ponzi” game used to distract Russian citizens from the
real political/economic problems facing them in the very near future. I agree that Russian officials have a tendency to boast too much; and that it is an inbred part of the national character which comes from toasting to often with 100 grams of vodka

]]> By: jgamble http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-5 jgamble Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:51:22 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/#comment-5 Right, I suppose I was thinking more that it might serve to put Russian aviation back in the news at a time when they are trying to sell aircraft... Not that model, obviously, but having the "brand name" of Russian aviation (so to speak) back out on the market might not be a bad thing. However, I tend to agree with you that the flights are mostly for internal purposes. The European press has had some interesting coverage flights. The UK press framed it mostly as a reaction to the diplomatic problems recently while the Norwegians reacted overly positive at first and then seemed to become fairly pessimistic. Right, I suppose I was thinking more that it might serve to put Russian aviation back in the news at a time when they are trying to sell aircraft… Not that model, obviously, but having the “brand name” of Russian aviation (so to speak) back out on the market might not be a bad thing. However, I tend to agree with you that the flights are mostly for internal purposes.

The European press has had some interesting coverage flights. The UK press framed it mostly as a reaction to the diplomatic problems recently while the Norwegians reacted overly positive at first and then seemed to become fairly pessimistic.

]]> By: GlavKom http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-4 GlavKom Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:43:58 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/#comment-4 I don't think that the long-range flights have anything to do with wooing foreign buyers as their really isn't a market for the types of aircraft involved (Tu-95 MSs). I see the flights more as staged spectacles intended primarily for domestic consumption. The flights pose no serious threat to the U.S. or NATO countries, but they serve President Putin's purposes insofar as they play to Russians' sense of national pride (and its obverse: anti-Western sentiment). I don’t think that the long-range flights have anything to do with wooing foreign buyers as their really isn’t a market for the types of aircraft involved (Tu-95 MSs). I see the flights more as staged spectacles intended primarily for domestic consumption. The flights pose no serious threat to the U.S. or NATO countries, but they serve President Putin’s purposes insofar as they play to Russians’ sense of national pride (and its obverse: anti-Western sentiment).

]]> By: jgamble http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jgamble Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:12:42 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2007/08/24/russian-aviation-whats-new-is-old/#comment-3 At the risk of posting twice in one week… I’m curious: what kind of connection do you make between this and the return of long-range, high-visibility reconnaissance flights. Are the flights for internal consumption? Perhaps it is a sort of “proof of product” for foreign buyers who may have doubted the power of Russian aviation recently? Or, is it an acute reaction to the polonium assassination and subsequent diplomatic falling out between the UK and Russia? Maybe all of the above? At the risk of posting twice in one week… I’m curious: what kind of connection do you make between this and the return of long-range, high-visibility reconnaissance flights. Are the flights for internal consumption? Perhaps it is a sort of “proof of product” for foreign buyers who may have doubted the power of Russian aviation recently? Or, is it an acute reaction to the polonium assassination and subsequent diplomatic falling out between the UK and Russia? Maybe all of the above?

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