Russia Building More Dated A-50 Radar Planes Is Desperate But May Be Necessary
Russia Building More Dated A-50 Radar Planes Is Desperate But May Be Necessary
A plan to put the outdated A-50 Mainstay back into production reflects growing losses and major problems in the Russian aerospace industry.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/7336903
Speaking yesterday, Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russia’s Rostec state defense conglomerate, said that production of the A-50 would be restarted, according to a report from the state-run TASS news agency.
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Also, for some comedic relief, there is a "Combat Approved" episode about the A-50. "Combat approved" is a youtube channel making unbelievably (though unintentionally) funny parodies of documentaries. Everything Russian is the absolute best, the old Russian stuff is decades ahead of anything the west is currently developing, etc. The impressive thing that they can say all this with a straight face. They have lots more of these hilarious episodes, plus dozens of short clips of aircraft landing and taking off, and some live-firing exercises.