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Two new videos for your early access viewing pleasure! In these I speak to independent analyst Stanimir Dobrev who previous to the Russian invasion of Ukraine pointed out major problems in the Russian armed forces in his article - Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military. In the first video we talk about persistent problems and improvements in the Russian Air Force (or rather, aerospace Forces VKS), while in the second one we switch it around to the industry. Hope you enjoy!

Whether Air, Land, Sea, we always hear about Russia's new prototypes.  Join Chris as he talks to independent analyst Stanimir Dobrev on why Russia's prototypes like the Su-57 don't matter as long as other issues  continue to handicap the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS).

The Russian Air Industry keeps (or kept) on pushing new concepts and  prototypes, but what do we find below the the public bling-bling? Join  Chris as he talks to independent analyst Stanimir Dobrev on the state of  the Russian air industry.

Thank you for the support, I am now off to Sweden to film Inside The Cockpit for all of you!
Chris

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Whether Air, Land, Sea, we always hear about Russia's new prototypes. Join Chris as he talks to independent analyst Stanimir Dobrev on why Russia's prototypes like the Su-57 don't matter as long as other issues continue to handicap the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). - Check out my books - Ju 87 Stuka - http://stukabook.com STG-44 Assault Platoon - http://sturmzug.com German Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ - Support - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/MilAvHistory Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpahmxWXajV0-tuMMzSzAg/join PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/MilAvHis - Recommendations by Stanimir Dobrev - Dobrev, Sanimir: Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part I, 19th September 2018, https://international-review.org/dwarfing-the-giant-the-reality-of-russias-military-part-i/ (last accessed 05/11/2022). Dobrev, Sanimir: Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part II, 14th November 2018, https://international-review.org/dwarfing-the-giant-the-reality-of-russias-military-part-ii/ (last accessed 05/11/2022). General recommendation is to look at local and regional sources as the information contained there is 'less' filtered. These are in Russian: Examples include: https://vpk.name/ https://www.vedomosti.ru/ https://www.business-gazeta.ru/ https://www.kommersant.ru/ https://flotprom.ru/ https://mil.press/ https://novayagazeta.ru/ https://bmpd.livejournal.com/ https://baza.io/ https://63.ru/ - Social Media - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilAvHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milaviationhistory/ - Sources - Stanimir Dobrev Thumbnail: Su-57 by Anna Zvereva, wiki commons Putin by Kremlin[dot]ru, wiki commons - Timecodes - 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - Trends over the past decade 04:55 - The challenges in equipping the Russian Air Force (Aerospace Forces) 09:42 - Pilot training: critical problems and bottlenecks 13:43 - Availability numbers of aircraft 16:27 - What's up with the Su-57? 19:31 - What is Russia improving? 22:03 - VKS perfomance in Ukraine: biggest takeaway 25:56 - Recommendations - Audio - Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound