Do modern Russian Air Forces have a big problem?

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This video goes in depth on the current state of the Russian air force and Naval aviation, focusing on the combat plane portion. What issues plague them, both in equipment and personnel matters? And how does it compare to the US air forces in overall capability?
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[@specvracer1]

Welp, we can update this video with a clear and undebatable answer... YES.

[@pauldookwah]

Agreed

[@sirmiles1820]

They really showed to be shit. But we can also ass factors that made it shit.

[@jigolocana7492]

Agreed

[@saumyacow4435]

I'm struggling to comprehend what is going on. Is there anywhere that does have a good analysis of what is currently going on in Ukraine? How many Russian planes are in use? What are they doing? How are they performing? How many have been lost? Is Ukraine using any medium range anti aircraft weapons? Is Russia mostly flying ground support, or are there a lot of planes needed to bomb cities? Anyone out there with some good info?

[@namicle]

@@saumyacow4435 if you google “oryx ukraine” he’s the best source for this. He has a list of all of the Russian equipment and vehicle losses so far. He only documents losses that are photographed or on video, and spends a lot of time ensuring there are no duplicates. Also, every vehicle loss has a link to the photo to ensure legitimacy. Russian loses most likely are higher as not every destroyed vehicle is photographed or video taped.

[@NoRestForTheWest]

Watching this in March 2022, Russia’s failure to gain air superiority over Ukrainian kind of makes sense.

[@rayzas4885]

They've had it

[@CrayonEater255]

@@rayzas4885 no

[@jorgenoname6062]

@@CrayonEater255 yes

[@whysoserious8666]

Well it’s a little smaller today.

[@rayzas4885]

@@CrayonEater255 Yes they have

[@Flyinspaghetti]

"Will Russia alter the size of it's airforce?" - Ukraine is helping them with that.

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Ukraine is giving a few stabs regarding a redesign. along with some Bayraktar, some javelins and some NLAWS... I think their ideas might be the explosive breakthrough military technology has been calling for.

[@stopndrop4588]

From 862 to 741 so far

[@manofcultura]

@@BatkoNashBandera774 everything Ukraine is using has been par for the course for western forces for decades now. The problem is that Russia’s military has not adapted to modern 21st century warfare. Even their performance in Syria against insurgents is not very good, only “improving” when the use of barrel bombs and Indiscriminate mortar attacks were used instead of “precision” weapons.

[@tolok377]

“The less is more”… right?” (c) Ukraine

[@tomstarcevich1147]

😄😄😄😄👍

[@DeltaPhoenix180]

"Russia has the third largest air force in the world..." Yeah, and the US Navy has the second...

[@Excalibur_86]

Doesn’t the US national guard have the third largest? Lol

[@kamikazekalamari]

@@Excalibur_86 no but the army has

[@Excalibur_86]

@@kamikazekalamari army is mostly rotary aircraft no? ANG has fixed wing fighters

[@kamikazekalamari]

@@Excalibur_86 mostly yes. But they have also a lot of fixed wing planes for transport.

[@rxzaya]

@@Excalibur_86 ng is air force

[@michaelbosisto6259]

I think Russia has been taken off the “near peer” list.

[@kujanelain4382]

This just in: Ukraine just added Russia to their near peer list.

[@blue_ridge_shooting7668]

This helps explain why the 3rd largest Airforce in the world cannot establish air superiority over their next door neighbor

[@FrostbitexP]

Russians do have air superiority, but not air supremacy. Hence why Russia is able to build up a 67 km long convoy just outside Kyiv to prepare for a massive invasion once their supply lines are set up with little fear of Ukrainians bombing it.

[@ForeverDoubting]

@@FrostbitexP that's a semantic issue and Ukraine has released images of Bayraktars striking supply convoys and even a supply train so I'm not so sure that convoy is as safe as you think. Russian air defense seems to be underused and many have even been bombed themselves by drones. Whatever the reason, the Russian Air Force is mostly MIA. Ukraine SAMs are still operational, some Ukraine jets are still operational, not to mention the drones. We would expect a big SEAD/DEAD operation to start a conflict like this, on paper they have this capability. At the moment the RuAF has been kept in reserve. Reason unclear. But it's not a good look.

[@fludblud]

Its also command and control, Russian comms, AWACS, SIGINT and battle management systems are far below par, whats the point in having thousands of planes when you cannot quickly find and ID the enemy and order your planes to engage them? Ukraine however has done much to digitise and streamline its command structure since 2014, not to mention they have direct access to the dozens of NATO surveillance aircraft, satellites and intel monitoring every single inch of Ukrainian airspace.

[@Myuutsuu85]

What's the current status of said convoy? I heard it suffered heavy casualties, though I don't have any reliable confirmation as as yet.

[@jamesstreet228]

@@ForeverDoubting If this same Russian force had invaded a nation with a highly trained, professional military, half the size of this Russian force in Ukraine, that possessed advanced weapons and technology, that can coordinate their air and ground offensive with data forwarding and fusion, that had decades of combat experience, they would be literally cut to pieces. A retired air force 3 star said a few nights ago that he kind of wished it was our air force they were going against because we would eliminate them "immediately." The disorganization, confusion and lack of coordination among this force is amateurish and that's putting it mildly. Edit You're right. The Russians said the drones would be ineffective against "advanced" Russian air defenses. It was one of those very drones that just took out their "advanced" Russian air defenses.

[@amadexi]

When a youtuber is more informed about the Russian Military than Putin himself.

[@michaelcrossley4716]

Haha! Right.

[@224dot0dot0dot10]

@@michaelcrossley4716 Do you think that the Binkov "Kermit the Frog" 🐸 green "sock puppet" will run for the office of "President of the Russian Federation" in the next Russia Presidential election?

[@danielw5466]

Everyone speaks big words, except if its about their country

[@RadostinVelchev]

@@danielw5466 nope, if I start to rant about my country's military I can go for days 😁

[@widescreennavel]

Isn't it ironic how much Putler could have learned had he not shut down KZbin in Ruzzia?...smh

[@mikek9297]

This video aged like a single malt in an oak barrell stored at carefully controlled temperature.

[@Retroscoop]

If you keep in mind Russia's GDP is comparable to that of Italy or the BENELUX, and that planes become more and more expensive, it is not surprising the size of the Russian Air Force is shrinking. And since the Russian economy didn't really grew that much since 2014... The current crisis in the Ukraine might also mean some countries will turn away from buying Russian, making the jets for the Russian air force more expensive, due to the smaller "economy of scale" benefits.

[@Th3Nigma]

I don't understand how Putin thinks he actually had the long-term economic or geopolitical power to sustain such a move.

[@scoutmaster33]

Make that.....was...their current GDP is dropping by the minute....

[@chaost4544]

We're probably seeing a crap ton of propaganda but even sifting through that you can see a huge problem with the Russian military. It's almost as if they're applying mass assault stuff they pulled off in wars going back centuries when that strategy can't work in 21st century warfare. The reported supply problems and other issues are mind boggling atm. Putin severely underestimated how much resources are needed to sustain an invasion using tanks and mechanized forces.

[@lmy2366]

Your probably using nominal GDP as a metric. If you account for purchasing power differences; Russia's GDP and defence expenditure look more impressive.

[@kylebritt1225]

@@chaost4544 If you take out the nuclear option economic strength is determinant. Unfortunately the nuclear option exist.

[@ScrapKing73]

Binkov: Russia should shrink the size of their military if they want to modernize faster. Ukrainians: Shrink the size of the Russian military? Hold my beer…

[@monkmonk275]

*hold my Javelin

[@masamune9082]

Hold my phoneix ghost drones, nlaws,m1a1s, and american lendlease act.

[@user-cj9jk1pd4g]

Ah I see, the Ukrainians are just trying to help their neighbors modernize. How considerate!

[@johnjingleheimersmith9259]

@@monkmonk275 *hold my stinger

[@freezoneproject567]

This comment aged like milk.

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

The more this war goes the more it appears that russia really only has two things when it comes to military: numbers and nukes. I don’t think a hyoothetical confrontation with nato would go well at all for them.

[@kompatybilijny9348]

Not even numbers - they claim to have 1 000 000 soldiers, but that is bullshit - that would require 1 soldier per 144 people, which is not feasible. US has around 2,3 times larger population and EU has around 3 times larger population. Add GDP per capita into the euation and you will see, that west can sustain larger percentages of military personel for longer without economic collapse.

[@Darkpara1]

@@kompatybilijny9348 Hundreds of thousands of reservists i'm sure.

[@kompatybilijny9348]

@@Darkpara1 Yes, exactly. And those reservists are really only good for defensive operations.

[@mateuszborowiak9191]

another question is, how many of those old nukes are operational. Not that i would like to see that myself, but seeing how this country treats its military stuff and how costly it is to maintain nuclear weapons, i wouldn't be surprised, if part of this arsenal became a junk. Hopefully we will never have to see that by ourselves

[@sirmiles1820]

@@kompatybilijny9348 And Americans are fucking literal mobsters with guns because of that second amendment. No longer need to train by government when your citizens are already trained since in their moms womb.

[@dickusmaxximun8126]

Ukraine is retiring Russian planes at neck breaking speed.

[@TauCu]

Even their newer ones!

The F4 Phantoms used to be the biggest distributor of MiG parts, well now it seems the Ukrainian fields are now the biggest Sukhoi scrapping and recycling facility.

[@VaioletteWestover]

Not really, other than helicopters ans one rumoured Su-34, Russia is not losing many modern airframes. The planes we see being shot down, the dozen or so, are almost all Su-25s.

[@dickusmaxximun8126]

@@VaioletteWestover Getting your information from RT?

@@dickusmaxximun8126 keep it cool, mate, they may simply not be up to date with the OSINT info. Most mainstream media don't give specifics about shot planes (simply a general number), or aren't able to confirm the types.

[@viktorgus7522]

I enjoy the US vs Russian jets debates in the comments. It reminds me of the "My dad could beat up your dad" discussions in kindergarten. 😀

[@rick7424]

Yeah, it's so bad. None of them even know how air warfare works, yet they still think they have the knowledge to comment on the topic.

[@fulcrum2951]

The 'vs discussions' always throw context off the cliff

[@domenicodipippo1957]

You mean the whole bragging about someone else’s achievements or capabilities on which your actions had little to absolutely no impact on? Yeah it’s pretty common behavior among starry eyed “Patriots” as they like to be called. and it comes up on every single topic you could possibly think of Food, Art, History, Science. If someone ever achieved something significant in their life you can rest assured there will be people of that person’s nationality who’ll be more than happy to boast it almost as if they somehow played an impactful role in that event simply because they were born in the same country. I don’t really know how I would describe this behaviour “Narcissism” ? “Nationalism/Chauvinism” ?, a mixture of both? What I’m sure of is that it has always been quite the socially acceptable and easy way to stroke one’s ego.

[@capn82]

Oh I came for the comments. I knew when the video wasn’t that Russia would sweep all before it they’d be good. I’m not sure which is better. The butt hurt Russophiles, or the equally ignorant fanbois of other militaries.

[@alexisrivera200xable]

Being entirely frank here we can sum up the US vs Russia competition with the simple: Neither has a definitive advantage they can use against one another. (Otherwise they would totally use it. That they don't is the dead giveaway.)

[@rodneylove8027]

This video was prophetic in explaining The PGM and pilot training shortfalls. Both were underscored by the losses suffered in the "special military operation" aka invasion clusterfuck.

[@709mash]

I've also noticed most, if not all Russian pilots that were captured after bailing out didn't even have G suites. What's up with that?!

[@Logarithm906]

@@709mash yup. All them Cobra's and supermanouverabilty becomes death sentences in ~10 seconds without a G-suit. Go into a turn, pass out, and the guy in the G-suit shoots you while you're still waking up.

[@arthurrebello919]

The technical term is Blyatkrieg

[@jaykellett2327]

Are G-Suits effective against Stingers? Asking for a Russian friend.

[@nutsackmania]

@@arthurrebello919 LOL

[@axeman3d]

It goes to show how ridiculously expensive it is to run an air force. Back in the cold war the USSR was spending upwards of 45% of the country's cash just to try and keep up with the US which wasn't even breaking a sweat at about 4% of its GDP. You can't beat a capitalist at making money, and money is everything in military procurement.

[@jeffbenton6183]

"The sinews of war are infinite money" - Cicero

[@alanmu2897]

I believe it is more like above 10% for the US. It is now 4%.

[@arturiuspendragon6849]

@@alanmu2897 Above 10% is percent of federal budget. The lower figure is percent of GDP.

[@l0necroc]

Yes but it's still insane how much the Russians get with such low budget

[@wesleyheadley9422]

you mean PRINTING MONEY...

[@TheMezzomorto]

Videos like this underscore how accurate your assessments are Binkov, thank you for being a solid researcher.

[@SD-tj5dh]

After all these episodes I still find it bonkers how much military inventory of even the most secretive nations have somehow made it into public domain.

[@leefithian3704]

Treaties , treaty based flyover estimates, declared manufacturing, sold orders

[@alwallace4538]

It's been that way for a long time. Tom Clancy was called in by the FBI after Hunt For Red October (ironically published by the USNA Press). He actually got all of his tech stuff from public data in preinternet days. One of the best were the Jane's magazines you could get at any book store.

[@KrisWustrow]

hello - not sure how secret Russian air frame programs are -- after all, they try to sell them at air shows for the export market.

[@ahmedshahab4105]

Janes. Best resource for military affair research lol

[@piotrd.4850]

@@alwallace4538 same story for Kubrick's inside of B-52... in "Dr. Strangelove".

[@kulkarniprabhanjan]

Can you please do a similar analysis of other airforces as well. Indian, UK, France China etc.

[@WellWisdom.]

Sounds like a great idea.

[@graveperil2169]

we all have the same issues a lack of funding

[@shivanshna7618]

Don't forget Egypt and Israel

[@WeirdSeagul]

UK is pretty boring 157 typhoons and 46 F35B on order. could probably take russian airforce if there were no SAM systems , the russian airforce is so outdated

[@Hunter-ww9rd]

@@WeirdSeagul there is no way the UK could handle the Russian airforce. They have plenty of modern fighters and this is coming from a Brit myself

[@chrisr4804]

Even if they didn't go all out and use the correct tactics + weaponry to get this done this adventure has caused irreparable damage to the views of the Russian military and its capability. Putin set Russia back 30 years...at least. They will need to fix their economy, develop new tech, make it and deploy it to have any chance another country takes their conventional forces seriously. I don't believe any of their BS about hypersonics, advances in stealth in the SU-57 or the S-400. I don't know what to believe from them. Respect it, but know its likely not real anymore.

[@jorgenoname6062]

All its done is kick western propaganda into high gear as other have stated it took the modern US military plus its coalition allies around a month to topple baghdad Useing the full might of its shock and awe tactics for russia to employ a similar technique on another western country would have caused real outrage not this mild annoyance, slowly but surely russia is going to strangle ukraine to submission and the world is going to rejoice because then people get to stop pretending to care already in the western hemisphere news is starting to drop off because the US is to war weary and desensitized for any real concern, its arguable Americans are more irritated by the fact the war has lead to a spike in gas prices than anything else

[@noahkidd3359]

@@jorgenoname6062 Kremlin shill

[@Maax1200]

The Su-57 isnt operational in any sense of the word and most likely never will be. Its window dressing. The only "service" the very rare Su-57 sees is in the russian equivalent to NASA.

[@david8FCB]

@@jorgenoname6062 cope harder lmao

[@vedsingh2108]

@@BocaoZ Shill not bot

[@boyinblueca8554]

Wow this seems to be true after recent events in the Ukraine.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Not gonna lie, I just watched their military parade from 2020 yesterday out of curiosity. They basically had like half their air force up there on that day... :D

[@VladRadu-tq1pg]

@@CakePrincessCelestia thats hilarious

[@suvamkumarsarangi6593]

Binkov secretly a 10 star military general. Everyone come to him for advice.

[@knoahbody69]

Binkov drools. His videos are very outdated.

[@suvamkumarsarangi6593]

@@knoahbody69 I know it is just for entertainment. Sometime he sounds like pure propaganda.

[@nukkinfuts6550]

All the trolls in the forest come to Binkov for advice on how to use a fake accent.

[@TremereTT]

The No-data-link and no modern guided weaopons clearly shows that Russia views modern computers and networks as a big vulnerability . I'm pretty sure before Russia uses it's airforces it would have hacked all NATO planes and NATO can't return the favor as there is not network on Russians planes.

[@sacredholy7502]

@@TremereTT LoL if that is really how Russia and its fan boys want to defend their out-dated cold war era armaments. Even countries like China and India are working on data links and digitalization. Russia lacks that capability simply because they can't afford it.

[@chaost4544]

This video showed up in my feed. There's a reason why the algorithms say I should watch this video. Taking away their nukes, the Russian military really is a paper tiger.

[@CrayonEater255]

paper bear

[@michaelbosisto6259]

I can’t help to think they haven’t kept up with their nuclear weapons, the US has been spending around 150b to upgrade its arsenal. I also think that the US has ways to take the nuclear threat away so they Russians can’t even use them.

[@MetalliacFeather]

@@michaelbosisto6259 the USA has a dedicated super computer just to calculate the maintenance of the nuclear arsenal to the last bolt used to save cost and r&d machine part replacements because a lot the parts are not manufactured in bulk anymore.

[@michaelbosisto6259]

@@MetalliacFeather yes, plus our advanced targeting systems , plus avoidance package are the real deal. It’s my option the Russian nuclear capability is severely degraded, and rely on old technology to launch them. I also know with the aid of the space force and other cyber hacking , it would even launching one near impossible. Even if one got loose, it faces a 4 part kill chain defense, and judging by their command and control structure, I feel like we can take it down within Russian borders. The Russians would never own up to being in a bad place with its arsenal because it’s there only line of defense that is a threat

[@kazekamiha]

I'm half convinced that if they launched s nuke it would just land on their own heads.

[@peter486]

against Nato or a western country , They simply have no chance.

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

@ I recall the SWIFT surprise of many around the globe when roughly a hundred years later Russia tried to flex its muscle on another neighbor and got summarily spanked in both military readiness and tactical superiority. Teenagers from Yakutia forced into uniform, hardly is worth noting but it is present because they have been losing personnel and equipment from [previously] highly esteemed units. But when your "army" earns esteem and notoriety whilst only being an internal parade army for the streets of moscow or st Peter burg, the guys who've been fighting daily for 8 years to keep their homes at home will utterly annihilate them in open combat.

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

You called it mate.

[@goodman6432]

I saw the title i thought that russia Was using bears in its armie :happiness Sees the title again :sadness

[@Anon-cv7ru]

There are russian bears in Red Alert 3 though...

[@goodman6432]

@@Anon-cv7ru happiness restored

[@looinrims]

@@goodman6432 in the commanders challenge mode there’s a mission with gigantic bears

[@fluffymyato3334]

Jesus imagine if the russians used bears as some armored infantry and the us used eagles as air support

[@CharChar2121]

Let me introduce you to a "little" thing called Warhammer Fantasy

[@edmundkempersdartboard173]

Whatever the case i always dug the russian jet design. Modern while retaining that streamlined, severe soviet look.

[@miamijules2149]

Dude the Russian make some badass jets.... no doubt about it. And yes, maybe not as ‘technologically advanced’ as the Western jets but that isn’t a drawback in a large scale conflict where our technological wizardry may come back to bite us right in the ass

[@INWMI]

useless jets destroyed before visual contact, we saw a lot of examples in syria

[@The_Kaiser.]

@@miamijules2149 your wrong man, the technology makes difference in combat. Try to shoot down a 5th gen plane with some 4th gen plane, you will be in seriously disadvantage. If your enemy has more advanced radars, computers, missiles and overall equipment, the chance you have to defeat them is lower. And this is not the single problem for Russia, the money came to the fighting too.. they probably will not have money for a medium-long time war... Even China could face Russia today

[@mccoybyz1099]

I've always thought that russian jets were sexy af

[@imaginewt9616]

they do look nice. i love the point on the snoot and the Blue Camos on the MiG 29, 35 and the Sukhoi's

[@jigolocana7492]

The performance of the Russian military (Army, Air Force, Navy) shows why America and China has predominantly become the greatest superpower in the entire world. Well China's firepower hasn't been tested and I hope it won't.

[@concept5631]

Wouldn't surprise me if they got stuck in Afganistan given their deals with the Taliban.

[@seandelaney1700]

You might be right, but I would have put Russians well ahead of the Chinese before this showing.

[@user-kx4xs2xd3k]

@@concept5631 US deal with Taliban because he have bigger Issue in Europe.

[@dericofdorking]

China is sh*tting their pants right now, one hopeful upside is the realisation they can't take Taiwan militarily without HUGE casualties and global consequences. They should play the long game and try to culturally and economically entangle Taiwan and bring them into their fold.

[@teemuvesala9575]

China will replace US as the dominant power.

[@admiralsnackbarkekwalice6167]

In light if recent world events....yes, its a paper bear

[@Michael-ju7xu]

I would really love to see a Binkov video on if NATO intervened in Ukraine w/o nukes

[@apsgeneralstudies5673]

It's not , well Russia just employing a small number of its Su 25 frogfoot for CAS .

[@yevgeni10]

@@apsgeneralstudies5673 Because it need those Air plains in the East against China and USA, only nut will go full power with his air force.

[@apsgeneralstudies5673]

@@yevgeni10 yeah that's the point, russian airforce is formidable but is not enough to protect its vast territory.

[@yevgeni10]

@@apsgeneralstudies5673 Russian Air force have 1400 at the top its shrink so badly after the fall of the USSR. it have border with China and USA on the East it's to hard to control Russia without it in those areas. That why Russia have a lot of Nukes.

[@TheFlanker47]

Watching this from Argentina, my airforce has 6 or 8 old planes, that´s all.

[@Jonwayne777Iloveyouall]

We got your back

[@1984Phalanx]

Sounds almost as bad as Canada. We have Kites pulled by moose on the ground.

[@noobsaibot7006]

Collapse of Argentinas armed forces and its military industry is a travesty. There is pictures of their submarine projects all their submarines they worked on in the factories are all rotting. What a shame.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

Argentina should get rid of its military and focus on a well funded gendarmerie and coast guard. That goes with most of Latam

[@Pvt_Badger0916]

Sorry to hear that TheFlanker47

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

As late as the early to mid 2000s, Russian pilots got only 10 percent of the flying time their American counterparts got, and while this gap is said to have closed in recent years, it still says a lot. I also remember in the 1990s when Russian fighters had trouble operating in inclement weather because crews kept stealing their alcohol-based windshield fluid. With a military budget equal to 8 percent of that of the US, we should only expect limited results from Russia's forces, especially in a technology dominant environment.

[@kieferkarpfen6897]

"kept stealing the alcohol-based windshield fluid" Russia 100

[@chrysllerryu4171]

yeah the only time they would gain battle experience is in this ukrainian war, ofcourse if they don't get shutdown

[@vyros.3234]

US and Russias military spending to gdp is still the same.

[@kieferkarpfen6897]

@@vyros.3234 That does not make it better. Now Germany with 2% military spending rivals russia.

[@Minhang-pt2hz]

@@vyros.3234 but us's gdp is unmatched, so their budget is larger. At this point the only country that can rival the US is China.

[@brianprowse2543]

Man this guy was about 9 months ahead of the curve lol.

[@tomdonahue4224]

This war in Ukraine is not going to help Russian Weapons export sales. Kind of like when Chipotle went through that whole salmonella thing and nobody would eat there.

[@generizze6243]

Atleast their transport choppers are good. But their attack heli sucks

[@andrerothweiler9191]

Some weapons are good but NLAWs and Javeline will be an export hit, stocks are low. Tanks would be hard to sell

[@honeybadger6313]

Seeing as The Russian airforce cannot overcome a vastly inferior force in the Ukraine tells all one needs to know

[@peterfireflylund]

Well, Putin trained 400k Ukrainian veterans (at least twice what Russia has) and the west is supplying Ukraine with an essentially unlimited number of anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles… plus lots of SIGINT help.

[@arturturkevych3816]

@@peterfireflylund yes but at the end of the day Ukraine is hugely outnumbered in every way with the military being built up nearly from the ground up for 8 years during the times with very limited money. Russian Air Force really proved to be incapable of doing anything other than bombing cities.

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

@@arturturkevych3816 you're making a logical fallacy, because there is a difference between total forces, active(or available) forces, deployed forces, conflict ready/egaged forces.

[@apotato5567]

@@arturturkevych3816 currently the Ukrainians massively outnumber the Russians

[@arturturkevych3816]

@@BatkoNashBandera774 yeah I'm aware of it but Ukraine doesn't have reserves in heavy equipment, especially when if comes to air power.

[@cnlbenmc]

In light of recent events; the answer to the title is an Empahtic YES!

[@jpheitman1]

Aged like fine wine

[@Laffz]

Hooo boy did this age well

[@sybaseguru]

Ukraine has been embarrassing, but has highlighted Russia's problem - it has a GDP smaller than the UK yet has a lot of old weapons - they have massive maintenance costs - or simply are there to count but not fly. There appears to be no ground attack capability - but then there is no target to attack. Putin is fighting a battle he is ill equipped for, its out of the last century and even modern handheld weapons and tactics can keep him at bay.

[@e2rqey]

hard to have effective ground attack and CAS when your dedicated ground attack plane is still the SU-25 Frogfoot, you can't establish air superiority and most of your airforce lacks the advanced targeting pods and guidance systems that are widely used by western airforces

[@709mash]

I dunno, Ukraine has been very effective so far and have been very professions and are punching way above their weight all things considered. Their SOF is wrecking havoc behind the lines.

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Like many others, I just wanted to come back and say this video hit the nail on the head, shows this video was well-researched and accurate. Good job!

[@ocathain-games]

Can safely say now that Yeah they have a BIG problem.

[@MrDregNET]

If i'm going to believe this .. Swedish Air Force are in a better condition and prepared for a fight ..

[@Logarithm906]

At this rate the German airforce probably is... Sweden has the Gripen which is not to be underestimated. With the flight costs of a Gripen E and the fact that it can carry Meteors, I bet they would out perform most russian kit (and tbh I wouldn't be surprised if they could take out Su-57s with the correct tactics, not that there would be many to shoot down...) Factor in that Sweden actually trains (and can afford to because of the low flight costs of the Gripen airframe) and yeah... I think 1 V 1 they might have some trouble with russia but not enough to lose, and if Finland gets involved (and at that point it would be), it would be very surprising if russia won. Factor in that neither of them could get into a fight without Norway and Denmark probably jumping in too and I think the fight would be unfairly biased against the russians (which is the best kind of fight).

[@eibisiexyezet5300]

Now i remember who has the 2nd biggest air force, it's the US Navy lol

[@tristanheaton2127]

Lol I for got as well

[@isunlloaoll]

Even the US marines has more advanced fighter jets than almost every country except the top 10.

[@skybattler2624]

Actually, the numbers stated included the US Navy and Army as one Air Fleet. Russia will be the 4th largest if we seperate them.

[@Pub2k4]

The US Air Force has more aircraft than the next 4 Air forces combined… and that’s actually not including Naval and Army aircraft (such as Apache and viper helicopters) that can also be used to strike.

[@crazyshorts4278]

**Built on Only $28000000000000 Debt.*

[@adisura9904]

You should cover more nations similarly! This is good

[@jeromebarry1741]

Little need. After Russia, the next best design works are in Sweden.

[@adisura9904]

@@jeromebarry1741 i don't get it. Sweden isn't really that big a powerhouse really. Are you talking about their equipment? Cause yeah thats pretty sick. Im not really well versed with the Swedish Armed Forces though

[@snafu1635]

@@jeromebarry1741 Tinfoil hat take.

[@liamhall888]

Surely he does Australia! Our 3 planes haha atleast when comparing land masses

[@anonymous-uf8us]

India would be good

[@johnned4848]

Excellent analysis on the current state of the Russian Air Force. Prophetic on the current crisis

[@mickh8519]

judging by their performance in The Ukraine . like the russian army their very good at destroying civilian buildings and those people that are in them

[@theunbeatable1755]

Just like US army in Iraq, afganistan, iran, syria

[@mickh8519]

@@theunbeatable1755 oh please try to stick to the subject matter

[@nickvdb9196]

@@theunbeatable1755 lol iran? Syria was destroyed by assad and his buddy putin Afghanistan had relatively low civilian collateral plus they were hiding bin laden who attacked the us and by not handing him ovzr they pretty much declared war. But you are right about iraq that was an illegitemate war and was widely protested in the west. You people pretend like people in the west weren't completely against that war

[@theunbeatable1755]

@@mickh8519 just like how u are sticking to subject matter

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

Well Russia's army has been only an internal army for the past two decades, so they had no one else to practice on at home except civilians (Grozny) (Abkhazia) etc. so it goes to show you perform the way you practice. Warming up on political dissidents in your own country is hardly equivalent of battle hardened personnel. This war shows Russian military only trained to murder civilians and little else.

[@G0rdonFr33man]

The plane procurement rate looks very similar to the oil price graph. As the oil price plummeted, so did the procurement rate.

[@DrforkintheLung300]

No its when Ukraine war started aka sanctions kicked in.

[@G0rdonFr33man]

@@DrforkintheLung300 Ahh, that also does make sense. Slava Ukraine!

[@TheoEvian]

@@G0rdonFr33man And it seems that Sukhoy has some problems delivering their orders, especially on Su-57s. The easiest way to see it is just asking how many F-35s have been built in the last few years and how many Su-57s. Not only that Russian arms producers have huge problems with cash flow in general, they are slowly losing their market share - both to the Westerners and to the Chinese, their operations are very bad at going from small scale production into serial production - Sukhoy seems to be lacking behind even companies like Saab and the Korean KF-21 project. The same problem with production pesters their armor projects like Armata: is it even serially produced now? Does the tank even exist?

[@ftboomer1]

That is what it looks like when a country spends within its means. Their spending means that every talking head screeching about the Russian invasion is lying. They are built to defend only.

[@TheoEvian]

@@ftboomer1 lol! Keep on dreaming man.

[@MattWagner]

Well researched, thanks.

[@royalnavyrulebritannia5717]

Paper bear 🐻

[@coopet4008]

Russia doesn't have the money to run actual combat ops with the new jets

[@eliadbu]

Russian pilot in the middle of intense dogfight gets message from ground base: Ground base: Yuri your monthly flight hours allocation has finished, get back to base. Yuri: Da, commander.

[@mayuthecop]

Dogfight ?! What era is this ? Vietnam war era ? xD There haven't been any serious dogfighting in years, and it won't be, that's Russia's issue, they focus on dogfight like that's the future, while the rest of the world started to focus on radar and missiles that can shoot you from 50 nautical miles away. While US was quick to ditch the dogfight idea back in Vietnam and bit them back, you can see that they managed to finally ditch dogfighting almost completely. Today, if you get into a dogfight, is either for training, or you did something horribly wrong and you had no idea how to fly the jet you were in :D

[@myopicthunder]

@@mayuthecop spoken like a true armchair commando, Russian pilots have the option to use supermaneuverability with the switch of a button that is not the default state or their doctrine but the option is available, Russian fighters have superior supercruise capability and larger operational range. They also have hypersonic long range AMRAAMs, so what youre doing is just COPING because your fighters don't have a 5th generation feature that Russians do have.

[@mayuthecop]

@@myopicthunder Russian jets are just trash with engines straped on. You wanna see real jets ? Take a look at Israel since they uses a bunch of F-15. Real victories dude, not Russian paper propaganda. Russia still has no jet being able to go toe to toe with the F-22, a fighter designed in the 90's rofl. Also, I see my previous comment got removed, some got too butthurt about me saying that the F-14 B, a 70's fighter could still go toe to toe with a Russian flying junk.

[@johnnyrvf]

@@mayuthecop I bet you’ve never seen a F15 let alone a Mig 31 or SU35. I’m glad you have this opinion because will your butt hurt when it get’s kicked by reality. Just to let you know, 40% of Boeing’s titanium parts are manufactured in Russia and ALL of the U.S. military satelites for the past 20 years plus were launched using Russian engines. Scoff all you want but Russian stuff works, ask Adolf Hitler.

[@mitri5389]

​@@mayuthecop that bs... missiles are always rated at maximum range with the most favorable odds placed in its benefit. ie missile launched at high altitude against a aircraft which is flying towards it head on at a lower altitude without any maneuvering. a simple 10 degree turn and the range is probably reduced to a 1/4 considering the burn time of most air to air missiles are less than 10sec.

[@wgoulding]

So definitely paper

[@jochenschmittmann9192]

Wow this was spot on in hindsight

[@brianfoley4328]

Another smart and well done video.

[@WellWisdom.]

Another great video.

[@qbonumber1]

Can you also do this type of video for China and the US? I like this type of videos

[@SCTimbal]

Absolutely, they're fascinating!

[@SA-xf1eb]

Agreed

[@joelpeters7698]

@@SCTimbal @@a

[@scoutobrien3406]

Hear hear

[@raythompson6723]

If China makes their military equipment as their consumer goods I don't think we have anything to worry about also if something were to start the USA got crazy advanced hardware that are only seen in the movies and I am sure the Chinese have not stolen those yet.

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

Great video, as always.

[@StanLeeGhost]

this aged well

[@moppypuppy781]

But look at those _SICK_ paint schemes though!

[@Bigman-fh1fz]

Do this video for Germany, turkey, Japan, SK, france, UK and some others. This is just as interesting as nations fighting it out which you haven’t done in a while

[@lost_daemon]

18:00 Budget $70B lowered to $60B due to changing of currency exchange rate so in rubles expenses could even go up. Russian government uses rubles in most vital spheres especially for military orders. Also military production uses mostly domestic parts and USD/RUR exchange rate does not affect it cost much.

[@robertarmour4367]

They have a lot less now to finance military development, modernisation, expansion. and to replace the equipment losses currently being made. This invasion must end up being a massive loss to Putin then he could ever have imagined...

[@Youtube_is_Trash]

So not only do they not have enough pilots but the pilots they have are ultra specialized, so that pilots must be forced to fly in tactical situation they're not used to. Couple that with low tech fighters who are barely capable of detecting modern anti-air weapons, it's literally the only planes that are coming back are probably those that hasn't been shot at.

[@ethanbrinkman7110]

Imagine when a war actually happens and it turns out every major country has secret alien level weapons

[@progamerchuks1609]

Ye they only show u what the want u to see

[@thanosk7383]

Most of the big players, like USA, Russian Federation, China, surely have some hidden aces in their sleeves

[@brianshissler3263]

Wouldn't be too surprised to hear the pentagons declassified ufo files in June will point heavily to this.

[@emperorkane317]

They all deploy Command & Conquer-style superweapons and units. The USA deploys particle ion cannons and laser tanks and hypersonic jets. China and Russia pull out the super tanks with twin barrels and robots and mind controlled squids and bears. Japan reveals it's mecha fleet and nanobot arsenal. The EU has ships and tanks armed with railguns and plasma weapons

[@thanosk7383]

@@brianshissler3263 ofcourse, most "ufo sightings" are actually experimental aircraft. Like the Blackbird for example

[@ofwonorichard4065]

Hope this doesn't get into someone's head like Hitler said "Kick in the door and the whole structure comes crushing down". Someone may get hurt.

[@dankokovacevic]

Same narrative and propaganda!

[@trankt54155]

China's Xi is likely to say that to expand his country.....

[@dextercochran4916]

Of course, German panzers moved a lot slower than Abrams, Le Clercs, Challengers, and Leopards....

[@diegomorata2885]

@@dextercochran4916 let see how they cope against general winter lol

[@dextercochran4916]

@@diegomorata2885 With coats. General Winter is terrible against coats.

[@Octaviatrance]

No wonder we aren’t seeing more effective airstrikes in ukraine, 80s tech

[@counterstrifekid]

I guess this video has proven that these issues lead to Russia not being able to maintain air supremacy in Ukraine.

[@bplup6419]

This aged like fine wine.

[@antiquorumaugustus8200]

Can you make a video counterpart for Chinese airforce ? I am really curious ! Regardless keep up the good and unbiased military related content ! Great infos

[@easonhuang7117]

China only has planes for agricultural, all fighter jets in China are CGI. It is a paper tigher. India can destroy China's air force using Mig-21.

[@TheRemover469]

@@easonhuang7117 Only fools underestimate their enemies.

[@antiquorumaugustus8200]

@k maya mainland china, i mean there only one official china, the other is called Taiwan which aren’t the same. But yeah i would like to see « communist » chinese airforce.

[@sharequsman596]

@@easonhuang7117 Bro that makes no sense.They have so much money.They could easily buy jets if they cannot afford their own.Mig-21s?Those are rather outdated at this point

[@shivanshna7618]

@@sharequsman596 I think China already operates many mig 21 copies so I doubt they need more

[@adamfrazer5150]

Cheers for the reading recommendation 🍻 always appreciate suggestions from a respected source 👍

[@kyoungd]

I am a long time Binkov viewer. When this video first hit, I thought it overstated the Russian problem. After seeing their performance in Ukraine for the last 16 month, I see that it was understated.

[@casbot71]

The Russians do know how to make a beautiful *blue* paint job …

[@evilgaming8322]

yah i really like that blue paint

[@shivanshna7618]

@@evilgaming8322 true blue and grainey gray are one of best

[@rolandgonzales3343]

Painting planes should be their #1 export

[@possiblyadickhead6653]

thats about it tho lmao

[@wolfgangjr74]

And aesthetically beautiful ones as well. I can appreaciate how they can make their birds different, functional, and pretty all at once.

[@hujintao6862]

Hmm, if they experience so much problem against Ukraine, what does that tell us? War is costly, Putin is getting ripped apart both from the actual war short-term and then comes the toughest sanctions against a country since Iran and North Korea, mid- to long-term.

[@cfosnock]

This video was spot on

[@robertabell9182]

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎆 Binko’v. Appreciate all y’all do to bring to light 💡 that may be hidden from the rest of the World 🌎. All day long Yahoo

[@victorcachat]

"reducing numbers would reduce problems" WELL I HAVE GOOD NEWS !

[@ericstefko4852]

Something tells me that the financial issues aren't going to get better any time soon

[@mystixa]

Seeing this for the first time a year later shows how right on this video was.

[@Orbital_Actual]

Welp, looks like you were undeniably correct.

[@Darkpara1]

Geography seems to be a massive issue for both invading, and defending Russia.

[@richinoable]

It is THE issue

[@simeonbradstock4214]

Very interesting, really learned a lot. 10/10

[@KristianKG]

Next time there will be no mercy! Поздрав из Србије! :)

[@Archie2c]

Very great information

[@evannagel2119]

This video agency extremely well!

[@yerba2077]

Love this channel!!!

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

We all know about the Maskirovka, and how the Russians loudly crow about their equipment to the point that some people believe in their superiority, but their performance in Ukraine is shockingly bad even from a very measured viewpoint. Every military force has its issues... but the Russians are making a number of elementary mistakes.

[@jonknestrick5219]

As HR McMaster stated they aren't even following the most basic principles of war starting by having adequate troops for the mission.

[@zoltanskultety9652]

Dont take the question offensively but can you name some of their mistakes? Im not an expert in this field.

[@feloniousmonk3049]

Logistics is just a start, poorly kitted soldiers with ill equipped ancient equipment and no armor jackets is a whole another matter for the Cannon Fodder Separatists being led like lambs to slaughter. Russians want tainted Ukrainian living Russians dead, too, every last one of them.

[@andreivaldez2929]

Using unencrypted communications is one mistake.

[@frankbumstead1804]

This video aged like fine wine. Very insightful.

[@LOFIGSD]

Power Projection over Borders, sadly, we are seeing that now, how will this antiquated fleet fare against NATO, this War in Ukraine is madness.

[@Putput-se5ew]

Yeah imagine if they had entire west agains them. They wouldn’t last a day if they are having that much trouble in ukraine

[@markr6273]

@@Putput-se5ew tbh that would mean global nuclear war, because when western tanks start rolling into Russia, Putin has nothing to lose. I feel the only way to deal with Russia is to just trade alot with it, and let it change naturally over time, if it wants to. Anything else is too risky. This doesn't mean accept invasions, but fighting invasions is not the same as actually invading yourself. In my opinion

[@daeroc]

@@markr6273 Inflating their war machine with more money by increasing trade isn't going to help anything lololol. There is no changing "them naturally over time". Their culture is fully baked in their ways. They only respond to strength. NATO Air Force would completely eliminate the Russian invasion within several hours. It wouldn't even be a fight. Which we may be seeing soon. Russian Navy (in the last 5 hours) apparantly just shot down 2 Romanian fighter jets off the coast Romania. A NATO country. That being said, the best outcome for everyone would be the assassination of Putin. Doesn't even matter by who.

[@Putput-se5ew]

@@markr6273 Of course and I agree that peace is our most powerfull ”weapon”

[@spiderspyy]

@@daeroc There is no source of this?

[@lukaszdm3367]

You earned yourself an American subscriber friend. Job well done. I look forward to more of your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@adriangaming4853]

You liked it because it criticized Russia ?

[@lukaszdm3367]

@@adriangaming4853 no, because it was very informative. I’m actually a huge fan of Russia. Any other idiotic theories?

[@adriangaming4853]

@@lukaszdm3367 Calm down, I just asked. I like both US and Russia. Go ahead!

[@chrisperry3430]

Had this been an American/Russian fight, the referee would have stepped in to save the Russian from further injury,

[@johnathanwalker8395]

This aged like fine wine. Bellissimo

[@joeybulford5266]

This video is way ahead of it’s time. Damn.

[@richardkirka5977]

Regardless of numbers or tactical capabilities, the Russians can come up with some really stylish paint schemes for demo aircraft.

[@andrewdoesyt7787]

True, you must paint the paper to make it look menacing.

[@reneegiese6315]

You’re right, SU75 has arrived, lol

[@miroslavdockal9468]

Naah, they can come with big emp, then forget about systems of early warning. In this scenario are WW!! technologies way better.

[@VladRadu-tq1pg]

@@miroslavdockal9468 english please ?

[@miroslavdockal9468]

@@VladRadu-tq1pg you needd proper engrish Vlad? Tell me about that.

[@drbrunch]

It will take Russia years to replace what they lost in Ukraine in a month.

[@JPS_Originals]

This video seriously needs a 2022 update

[@PNShali]

Quite informative.

[@casbot71]

The issue of lack of flight hours is why I like the SAAB Gripen, it's got a low logistic footprint and cheap running cost. IMHO it's just a clever design and use of limited resources. A series of videos on the best _"bang for buck"_ in each area of warfare would be a interesting topic. What would be the best options for a military that is being built from scratch without any legacy requirements limiting it - the warehouse/bunker burnt down and the defence department just got the insurance cheque.

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

The problem casbott, is the Russia is an extreme poor country. It's GDP for 2019 1.7 trillion dollars for entire country. Now has pay for maintain all of Russia roads, and instruction as well as the private sector production. The entire defense budget of the United States was around 716 billion dollars in 2019.

[@unclejoeoakland]

@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 I see what you mean but that only reinforces what Casbott says. Not that you dispute it, that doesn't seem to be the case. I may add that while Russia has a far smaller GDP, it also has far lower wages and a well educated workforce; for these reasons, the initial purchase cost of Russian jets are often quite low compared to many western system. Where Casbott mentions the Gripen, we have a plane that is more expensive than many russian jets but it isn't just the costs of maintenance that are lowered- a jet that simply needs less maintenance. I read something of the F14 needing 30 man-hours of maintenance for every hour of flight, where the first gen hornets needed 3 or 4. As an aside, who wants to start referring to the hornets as original recipe hornets and new spicy jalapeno flavor hornets?

[@mayuthecop]

@@unclejoeoakland They could go the route Pakistan-China went when they built the JF-17 to be honest. JF-17 is a very potent plane with low cost and low maintenance costs and man hours. Russia is huge, but they got airbases all over the country, so why not build small, agile, lightweight planes is beyond me. Hell, even South Korea introduced a new fighter they made that seems to be pretty damn good at air-air.

[@kurousagi8155]

@@mayuthecop it’s actually because Russia does not have bases all over the country. There are many parts of Russia that do not have air bases because the area is unsuitable for an airbase. So the Russians use longer operational range heavy fighters to maintain air defense coverage instead of using shorter operational range lighter fighters.

[@mayuthecop]

@Simp Master69 Well, its cheap, clearly they can't afford planes they are designing lol

[@tritium1998]

Lack of precision munitions and targeting pods are also why Russia struggled against guerrillas in the Chechen Wars.

[@stephenlamb9008]

But it was different when Syria needed help long range cruise missiles precision bombing, even the yanks were surprised they done some great stuff.

[@MrS5x]

but US also not doing too well in afghanistan, so it may not be only attributed to precision guided munitions.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

More out of an absolute disasterclass of the 90s where any kind of military advancement grinded swiftly to a halt in Russia because the country was in an absolute dogshit state in their first post Soviet decade.

[@Myemnhk]

Yep looking at the war in Ukraine you're absolutely correct, they are using "dumb" bombs therefore have to fly low subjecting them to manpads therefore they cannot get air superiority. If they had guided bombs they could drop them from out of range of manpads and have air superiority. Their airforce is ineffective in this war.

[@arga400]

Some videos just age like fine wine~

[@danny117fc]

yep i just watched them get blown from the sky again

[@toddabbott781]

You must also understand that while the US might designate upgrades to an existing jet by the inclusion of a new letter on the end of the existing name like the F-15 EX, Russia does not. The Su-27, 29, 30, 35, 57... are all based on the same frame... and the same engines with upgrades added. Also when Russia upgrades their older assets they do not do as extensive of upgrades as what the US does. Comparing say upgrades made to the Su-29 vs upgrades to the F-15 is not even close. Russia lacks the money to do these levels of upgrades. Another thing you need to understand is that many of these older planes, though listed as current assets tend to be mothballed or in poor repair... especially their older tanks. They are not planning on repairing their aircraft carrier and there are no current plans of adding another one.

[@teamidris]

SU25 seems to have become a redundant platform last week. The ground support role seemed a good one until hand held missile launchers made it a sky coffin :o(

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

The timing on this is incredible.

[@mr.rousseau.4655]

A very grumpy paper bear with nuclear missiles.