Lastly, if a war was to ever break btw the two - who'd be the aggressor?

As far as competition for military contracts, I.E. Fighter Jets for India, there is a form of competition.

I hesitate to call that a "Cold War," as that was a ideological exchange. At least that is what we were told. It might well have been, but there is a lingering doubt as to the true nature.

Putin is viewed by some as a hostile. 1st one since ol' Leoniev to take a confrontational stance on some issues with "western" leaders.

Weither or not, someone else would label that a "Cold War" is in the eye of the beholder.

BTW, as reported in a eariler post, Russia is currently winning the "battle" for Indian Air Force contracts.

Later:

No word on the full 126, but India is purchasing more Su-30 MKI, and is aquiring the MiG-29K for at least one carrier.

The Mig-29OVT, rumor from the same sources list it as the MiG-35, is also being offered.

There is a copyright on both mags so I have questions about the legality of scanning. Otherwise I would have no problem sending you some attachments.

I, for one, do consider printed info from established publications as having a greater degree of legitimacy than on-line sources.

Naturally it does depend on the mag, as well.

Code Blue, the "Offical" USAF publication as well as any published by a Goverment/Military, or Industry owned source(I.E. Boeing)
as well as their "Overseas" counterparts. Are not unbiased sources, and often skew a story to fit the goal.

However The 2 formentioned (AFM & CA) themselves are unbiased, and the news sections from which the 30MKI and 29K info were drawn, stick to the facts.

Some of the articles do have a bias, true. But, these are often written by "outside" sources. Example: Snowden fron the USAF is as bad as Sprick, in the cheerleader department.

But, these are not the news sections

Later:

While my prior posting listed India as upgrading the 30MKI to a mod 3 lever, it appears there will be more MKI purchases in the future as well.

Remember the MiG-35 hoax from a few years back.

Apparently this one ain't.

Don't for get the 29K for the carrier.

Foxhound: Out

BTW a few tears back while visiting distant family members in Ukraine, I was not too far from your country Sukhoy.

I was in the Southwest "Carpathian Alps" area.

Unfortunatly my relatives and I could not sneak across the border, as they told me Ukrainian and Romainian are completely different. and none of them spoke Romianian.

The 1st order were mainly the slightly moded 27UB versions, with a few 30 proper and MKI.

This is how I understand it.

Sorry, for that droll, and very likely worn out, bit of word play.

My bloodline it is rumored, does have some Romanian. I have yet to really look into it.

Not too long ago I spoke to a girl from Moldavia, whom now works and goes to school in the US. She told me how poor Moldavia is, and how rude Ukrainians can be to Non-Ukrainians.