Minister admits aviation failure! Platoshkin: a bitter comparison of USSR and Russia's aircraft p...
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Imagine: the country's industry minister publicly declares that Russia can't create an airplane from scratch. Not some opposition figure, not a foreign expert—the minister himself. Alikhanov, the former governor of the Kaliningrad region, said it openly. And this video dissects that statement 🛩️
Wait. Who knew how to make airplanes back then? That's right—the very same "Sovok" (Soviet Union). The Soviet Union, which is now commonly criticized and called ineffective, made absolutely all kinds of airplanes—civilian, military, cargo, passenger. Any kind. And not just one per year.
Here are some specific figures you can't ignore: in the 1980s, the RSFSR alone produced about 90 civilian aircraft per year. Ninety! And that's just the RSFSR. Tashkent also produced aircraft, as did Ukraine, and other Soviet republics. It was a genuine, vibrant, functioning world-class aviation industry—with its own designers, factories, schools, and a continuous chain from design to serial production.
And now for today's figures. Last year, Russia produced—pay attention—about two civilian aircraft. Two. And even those aren't new developments. They're still the same old Soviet models. They can just be renamed, painted, given a new badge, and proudly proclaimed an achievement of domestic aircraft manufacturing. But the essence remains the same: Russia can't create an aircraft from scratch. The Minister himself admitted this.
And that's mind-blowing. The Minister of Industry, the man responsible for the development of the country's aviation industry, openly says that the Soviet Union could, but we can't. At least it's honest. But think about it: what does this even mean for a country that wants to be called a great industrial power?
The aircraft industry isn't just a factory and blueprints. It's a school built over decades: engineers, designers, and technologists who pass on their knowledge to the next generation. In the USSR, this school operated continuously. Aircraft production flowed, people advanced within the profession, and factories were modernized. Then this chain was broken—in the 1990s and 2000s. And now it turns out that rebuilding it from scratch is a colossal task, one that hasn't been accomplished yet.
The comparison is simple: 90 aircraft per year then and two aircraft now. You don't need to be an economist to understand: this isn't just a lag—it's a chasm. And renaming Soviet designs as "new Russian models" doesn't close that chasm.
This video is short, but it poses a stark question: if the Soviet Union was able to build hundreds of aircraft per year, what's stopping us? Where are those factories? Where are those engineers? Where is that system? The answer is awkward, but crucial for understanding what's happening with our aviation industry today.
Watch to the end—there's a phrase that puts everything into perspective. Because "repaint and rename" isn't import substitution or a revival of the aviation industry. It's just a different badge on the same Soviet plane.
What do you think? Will Russia be able to revive aircraft production, or has that page already been turned? What needs to be done to build civilian aircraft on an industrial scale again? Share your opinion in the comments 👇
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0:00 Alikhanov admitted: Russia can't create an airplane from scratch—reaction
0:12 But the Soviet Union could—who built airplanes back then and in what quantities?
0:28 RSFSR: 90 civilian aircraft per year in the 1980s — facts
0:42 Russia today: 2 aircraft, and those Soviet models were simply repainted
0:55 The point: renaming doesn't mean creating. A bitter conclusion