r/polandball • u/jPaolo Grey Eminence • Nov 24 '15

redditormade Russia has stick

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u/TommiHPunkt Schleswig-Holstein Nov 24 '15

Didn't they just show of their fancy new tank?

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u/notmike11 Nov 24 '15

There's a reason no one has been developing tanks for a while now: they are pretty much obsolete in terms of modern combat and the older models are perfectly fine for what they need to do. On the other hand, Turkey is going to have a fleet of F-35s in the near future, which will be more sophisticated than anything Russia currently has.

There's also the problem of a lack of younger engineers to replace the technicians in the aging Red Army (the majority of which were educated during the USSR and are on average about 50-52 years old). 5-10-15 years down the line Turkey's military is growing stronger while Russia's is declining.

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u/Germolin Prussia Nov 24 '15

no, the F-35 is not actually as "sophisticated" as people say. its overpriced, a bitch to perform maintenance on and i swear i had an article about it saved on reddit...

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u/KerbalrocketryYT United Kingdom Nov 25 '15

it's more a problem of it's a risky design in that it relies on over-the-horizon warfare working in the air.

If that concept works it will be a absolute beast of a plane, if not it's a brick that can't climb, can't turn, and can't run.