This post shows your level of ignorance.
After the collapse of the USSR, russia was literally bankrupt with their huge defence industry struggling to make ends meet due to miniscule local demand of the poorly funded Russian Military. Scientist were left unemployed & deserted. It was desperate times where they looked for buyers to sell their arms along with 100% TOT just to keep the industry & russian economy afloat. Chinese naturally took advantage of this opportunity and lots of top russian scientist moved on to china working in their defence projects. Kilo calls sub, Su27, Su 30, Tu bombers, USSR's 1/2 finished AC, S300, blueprints on Nuke subs based on which chinese type 94 sub was made- all of this were bought from collapsed Russia before 2001.They did all that with bussiness interest coupled with survival instinct .
But what kind of an idiot would try to compare that with BD's arms market? Current Defence deals are not very well between russia & china considering surge in domestic procurement of a recovering russia.
Your ignorant argument suggest that we buy 4/5 Bn $$$ of arms from russia every year that they wouldn't pay heed to any diplomatic arm twisting by dadas. Case point, we bought
our air defence system from China. As Kobirazz mentioned, just ask 80's version of S300s & see what happens.
And anyone would be dumbfounded by your argument of junk Migs. But then again U R an awamileaguer, no so surprise there.
Fighters that can not be retrofitted into improved versions, has scarcity of supplies of spares for external factors, huge maintenance cost and the procurement of which was done without any consultation with AF just for the sake of wholesale corruption can only be floated as a pure business deal by awamileaguers or naive ignorant idiots.
Bringing up myths and lies just to justify your argument is nothing but a sign of narrow mindedness.
Yes, you R in reality by equating 8 junk migs with pure business interest Russia have with Dadas and had with china. I thank Allah(swt) that I am not in the type of reality U R in.