tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post7151600650839305756..comments2024-03-28T23:42:23.455+08:00Comments on KTemoc Konsiders ........: Mahathir jealous?KTemochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-13299428488506604512016-11-03T16:42:01.627+08:002016-11-03T16:42:01.627+08:00The air force term is not "Hangar Queens"...The air force term is not "Hangar Queens" but "Christmas trees" though on 2nd thoughts you could be right as air force terms might have changed with changes in influence, from British tutelage to now Islamic consciousness, wakakaka<br /><br />If the Sukhoi 30 have not been serviceable, then it's a problem of spare parts and servicing, not that they are Russian plans, and your comment that those planes are "hangar queens" or "christmas trees" prove my suspicionKTemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-24537479314432672162016-11-03T15:52:25.410+08:002016-11-03T15:52:25.410+08:00During Mahathir's time, there were no China to...During Mahathir's time, there were no China top-of-the-line fighters.<br />Mahathir went to the Russians for the MIG 29 and then later Sukhoi SU 30 MKM, partly to thumb his nose at the Americans, partly because these two were very capable aircraft (at least on paper) for the price. <br />Oh...and the Russians were willing to be partly paid in Rubber and Palm Oil instead of only cold US Dollars cash.<br />Mahathir was far more prudent financially than Najib (now RM 850 Billion foreign debt -according to the World Bank - and still rising daily)<br /><br />In hindsight both planes are nowhere near what they promised to be on paper. I was told by retired RMAF folks that many (nearly half) of all the MIG-29s and later SU 30MKM have ended up as "Hangar Queens" in Air Force lingo.<br /><br />The SU 30 MKM outclasses the F-15 - but only when it is serviceable. Hangar Queens can't fight.Monsterballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694084861364885645noreply@blogger.com