I have seen plenty of sources from Russia. There is brain drain and a labor shortage because the west provides better economic opportunities for their services.
I’m not saying that Russia is in the stone age, but the USSR and Russia aren’t the same scale of economy can’t be matched to stay competitive.
Just stocked up! ZTZ-96A and A-5C. Close to done with the USSR tree (T-90A, T-72B3, T-80U and BVM, Pantsir-S1 is all that is left). Time to start grinding out the Chinese tree!
USSR and Russia are not at the same scale. But Russia has maintained it’s heavy industry and for it’s population size is doing quite well. They still shut off the lights at UVZ every night, and they’re going to have another 1,500 manufactured (that means produced, not refurbished) T-90M’s next year.
Labor agreements with North Korea will send east Asian factory workers to Russia for the second time in the last 100 years, as both Korean and Chinese laborers filled Russian factories in WW2. Say all you want, North Korean laborers are quite skilled, and will complement Russia as they continue to bolster their industry.
Tbh I don’t see any SAAF aircraft nether mind the Gripen to be in the tree as they stated back in May last year they will be event and premiums and yet we haven’t seen one
Personally, I expect gajin consider Multirole fighter aircraft toptier it’s close F-16C Block 50 (USAF), MiG-29SMT (9-19R) and Mirage 2000-5F at 12.7 BR in rank 8 fir great britain tech tree next month because currently UK lack Multirole fighter
And I hope gajin consider add guidance GPS Air-to-Ground munitions for aircraft rank 8 in december this year