That's pretty much near-impossible to do, considering Chechens are invariably the best fighters IS have at at the moment. 

Sometimes the point of having an air defense system is just have it standing there, as a deterrent.

You don't need to shoot down every plane that goes into your territory, usually just a few planes shot down here and there is usually enough to convince the enemy that their fighter/bomber planes will be too valuable to risk, whatever the gains may be.

Barring that, worse-case scenario is you will force the enemy to restrict their tactics and missions to enable them avoid the air defense network. There are many examples in recent wars where the threat from high and medium-altitude SAMs has forced enemy planes to lower their operational altitude where they don't have as much space to maneuver and thus became more vulnerable to point defense and light anti-aircraft guns & cannons.

planes are getting too expensive......we need to get back to using god damned MiG 15s and Me109s , albeit with remote controls   

JAKARTA, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three people were confirmed dead when an Indonesian air force jet crashed from mid-air into a housing area in East Java's Malang on Wednesday morning.

The pilot, Major Ifi Safatilah, and a flight engineer, Saiful, died instantly as they reportedly ejected themselves out of the Super Tucano aircraft which crashed into a house at around 10 a.m., said Major Hamdi Londong, spokesman for the Abdul Rahman Saleh air force base.

A woman, who has been identified as Erna Wahyuningtyas and was in the house when the Brazilian-made jet crashed, didn't survive the injuries despite being taken to a hospital in Malang city, a local media also reported.

The deadly incident occurred during a flight test following routine maintenance on the aircraft. It crashed when it was coming down close to the base in Malang city.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

The three deals include the acquisition of 164 ‘Litening-4’ targeting pods–targeting designation tools used by ground-attack aircraft—for Indian Air Force fighter jets such as the Sukhoi-30MMKIs,  and an undisclosed number of Spice 250 precision guided bombs with a standoff range of 100 kilometers (62 miles).

Furthermore, progress has been made in negotiations over the procurement of 321 ‘Spike’ anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) systems, along with 8,356 missiles, the source reports

The Indian Army wants to eventually equip all of its 382 infantry battalions and 44 mechanized infantry units with a fourth-generation shoulder-fired “fire and forget” ATGM system

In February 2015, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) agreed to co-develop a new MRSAM system for the Indian Army

Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said in a statement that up to 8,500 troops, 900 ground weapons, 200 warplanes and about 50 warships will be involved in the drills.

Indonesia To Buy 10 Sukhoi 35 Fighters, Contract Signing in March

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Indonesia has decided to buy 10 Sukhoi 35 fighter jets from Russia as part of its plan to modernize the country's air force.

"I will go to Russia in March to sign off the contract," Defense Minister Ryamizard told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with visiting Russian Security Council delegation in Jakarta, local media reported.

He confirmed that the purchase would be limited to 10 units, down from an earlier plan to buy 12 pieces of the front-line Russian fighters.

"If brand new technology comes to surface, we can update (the fighter jets)," the minister said.
Ryamizard added that Indonesia and Russia have agreed on the transfer of technology (TOT) terms regarding the purchase.

He said that Indonesia would send its pilots and support personnel to Russia to undergo training in the maintenance and operation of the planes.

Indonesian Air Forces Commander, Marshall Agus Supriatna hinted late last year that Indonesia would buy 12 units of Sukhoi 35 fighter jets to replace the already-decommissioned light attack warplanes F-5 E/F.

Indonesian Air Forces operates 11 Sukhoi 30 and 5 Sukhoi 27 planes, which come from the same "Flanker family" with Sukhoi 35, in its fleet at present.

This is the second export success for the Su-35 planes in less than six months with China signing up to buy 24 similar aircraft.

In the event of a war, Moscow possesses some critical asymmetrical advantages vis-à-vis the United States that the Kremlin would surely seek to exploit.

after Russian electronic warfare equipment began arriving in Ukraine, Ukrainian troops noticed a problem — their phones and radios were unusable for hours at a time, essentially cutting off units’ ability to communicate with each other

On at least three separate occasions the OSCE reported its monitoring drones were subjected to military-grade electronic warfare while flying over territory controlled by the Russian-supported separatists. In each case, they were rendered blind and forced to end their missions.

In Syria, Russia’s Krasukha-4 — a jamming system mounted on a simple four axle military truck — shields Russian forces from NATO spying, and is reportedly able to neutralize the United States’ low-earth orbit (LEO) spy satellites.

Russia’s Richag-AV radar jamming system fits on helicopters, ships and other military equipment and is reportedly capable of jamming an adversary’s advanced weapons systems as far as several hundred kilometers away.

Russia is also developing a new electronic warfare system which it claims could disable American cruise missiles and other advanced precision guided weaponry employed by the U.S. military.

U.S. military’s superiority depends on advanced communications and electronics, yet these expensive advanced systems are highly susceptible to Russia’s advanced jamming abilities

a single Richag-AV radar system costs only $10 million — expensive in absolute terms but a cheap asymmetrical capability in relative terms.

Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities “eye-watering,” Russia’s cyber warfare capabilities are the Kremlin’s ultimate asymmetric tool

Russian hackers had successfully penetrated the industrial control systems which monitor and access critical U.S. infrastructure such as water and energy systems. By remotely accessing these systems, hackers could theoretically take down the U.S. power grid

Analysts from the American cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners attributed the attack to the Russian hacking group “Sandworm.”

Likewise, in a real conflict, NATO would surely deploy electronic counter-countermeasures against Russian electronic warfare systems such as the Khibin or Richag-AV.

The United States can spend $10 billion on its next generation aircraft carrier and $500 billion on the flawed F-35 fighter, but if these weapons’ advanced electronics risk being disabled by an opponent’s weapons systems at a fraction of the cost, then Americans’ overall advantage in firepower is negated.

One vehicle drives and a number of vehicles can follow... You won’t need as many drivers. You see commercial truck operators trying similar platooning projects at highway speeds

Four Myanmar military personnel have been killed and one injured when an air force utility aircraft crashed after taking off from the airport in the capital Naypyitaw.

An Information Ministry statement identified the aircraft, which crashed Wednesday morning in a rice field about a mile (1.6km) from the airport, as a Beech 1900, a 19-passenger twin-engine turboprop no longer in production. Photos of the crashed plane showed that most of its fuselage had burned up.

The office of the Myanmar army commander identified the dead passengers as one major, two captains and a corporal, and said the sole survivor was another corporal who has been hospitalised.

Russia’s Vega Radio Engineering Corporation has presented a modernized system capable of simultaneously controlling ten unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and ground-based robots

"an upgraded hardware-software system for controlling a group of UAVs and ground robotic systems [mounted] on a KAMAZ-43116 chassis."

"The system, which has controls for UAVs and robots, is equipped with five workstations for operators. It includes a supercomputer which allows the operators to run up to ten UAVs and ground-based robotic systems at once,"

As for the KAMAZ-43116 chassis, it is highly maneuverable and can operate autonomously for up to seven days; the system's mobile version can be deployed within 15 minutes

The program would "turn past offense into future defense," using long-range guns already fielded in large numbers to shoot down ballistic missiles capable of carrying chemical or nuclear warheads.

Carter revealed the Pentagon was experimenting with hypervelocity projectiles developed for electromagnetic railguns—currently under development—and adapting them to conventional artillery to shoot down ballistic missiles

the Army's 155-millimeter Paladin howitzers as one platform for the artillery projectile, and the Navy's 5-inch guns (or 127-mm) as the other.

There's no mention of whether or not the lighter M777 towed howitzer used by light infantry, airborne, air assault and Stryker brigades is capable of using the new projectile. The M777 is also used by the Marine Corps and allies such as Canada and Australia.

Many of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are already capable of downing ballistic missiles with the SM-3 interceptor, but this would add a second, less expensive layer of defense to a fleet already threatened by Chinese DF-21 "carrier killer" missiles.

Carter believes that the new projectiles will be cheaper than expensive new missiles or developing a new platform entirely.

The court said Kurganmashzavod only paid 276,000 rubles ($3,460) out of the debt. "That’s why MTE Group demands that the plant be recognized bankrupt and that a bankruptcy commissioner be appointed," it said.

KMZ in 2015 struck a long-term contract with Russia’s Defense Ministry to supply in 2015-2017 more than 200 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Russian army units.

Su-35's 'Splendid Performance' in Syria Stirs Appetite Among Buyers

17:05 10.02.2016 (updated 17:10 10.02.2016)

The remarkable performance of Russia’s advanced, super-maneuverable Su-35S multirole fighters in Syria has gained the attention of military buyers throughout the world, according to journalist, military expert and Director of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade Igor Korotchenko.

The comments come as a follow up to the recent announcement of Indonesian Defense Chief Ryamizard Ryacudu for the planned purchase of ten fighter jets.

"I will go to Russia in March to sign off the contract," Defense Minister Ryamizard told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with visiting Russian Security Council delegation in Jakarta, according to local media reports.

He confirmed that the purchase would be limited to 10 units of the front-line Russian fighters.

Ryamizard added that Indonesia and Russia have agreed on the transfer of technology (TOT) terms regarding the purchase.

The Defense Chief also added that Indonesia would send its pilots and support personnel to Russia to undergo training in the maintenance and operation of the planes.

The announced move comes in replacement of the already-decommissioned light attack warplanes F-5 E/F.

“SU-35 is one of the best aircraft on the world market of multirole fighters. The appetite for its purchase is being stirred up by its splendid performance in the airstrike campaign of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria, and high quality display of its combat capabilities,” Korotchenko told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

He reiterated that China has already made a purchase request. Beijing signed a contract with Russia for the supply of twenty-four Su-35 fighter jets worth about two billion dollars, becoming the first foreign customer for the Su-35. The delivery of the jets will begin this year.

For Russia, the successful delivery of the fighter jets to China will further improve its position in foreign markets.

The Su-35 fighter jet (NATO reporting name Flanker-E) is an upgraded version of the Su-27 multirole fighter. It was first introduced to a foreign audience at the 2013 Paris Air Show.

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Eject and still die, can someone explain? I mean is it too late or something?