US buys some old russian junk

[Kingairer]

This seems like a no brainer, and cool!

The U.S. Military Just Bought 81 Russian Jets (MiG-29 Fighters and Su-24 Bombers)

The United States has purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, a deal that includes MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 and MiG-29 fighters, and Su-24 bombers, all from the Cold War era.

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[Minuteman]

Dang, $2.26MM for 81 aircraft averages-out to $27,900 per aircraft. That’s only a modest premium over the scrap price of aluminum (50¢-70¢ per pound).

 

[Lawman]

Dang, $2.26MM for 81 aircraft averages-out to $27,900 per aircraft. That’s only a modest premium over the scrap price of aluminum (50¢-70¢ per pound).

They basically are scrap.

It’s essentially a mass pick and pull parts guy, with the additional aid of being able to use them as decoys.


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[Kingairer]

They basically are scrap.

It’s essentially a mass pick and pull parts guy, with the additional aid of being able to use them as decoys.


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Keeps them out of enemy hands. Maybe some parts for ally. And at worst get some stuff to practice shooting at.

 

[BravoHotel]

Anyone have some jumper cables and a translation dictionary?

 

[Lawman]

Keeps them out of enemy hands. Maybe some parts for ally. And at worst get some stuff to practice shooting at.

Honestly I think we’d be better off stripping them for some more critical non structural components and just running them over with a bulldozer.

The operational readiness and maintenance practices would leave me very suspect of putting these parts on anything we want our friends riding in. Plus how they cost whatever they do to ship.

And the Ukrainian military has shown an unbelievably good ability at building vismods so the decoy thing is handled pretty well.


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