Telephone rings and is answered at Russian Defence Ministry....
"Drastvetya"
(In a mid-Atlantic accent):
"Drastvetya Comrade. You appear to be having some problems with your carrier landings."
"Errrr... Da, you could say that."
"Comrade, we have some shiny new STOVL strike aircraft coming off the production line very soon. As a new customer, we can give you some very early production slots, would you be interested?"
"Spaseba, but we need something now."
"This is your lucky day. We also have access to some seventy two low mileage, one careful owner, previous generation V/STOL fighter bombers which an owner with financial difficulties was forced to relinquish. For a whole squadron, I can do you a very good price. How many shall I pencil you in for?"
"I will check and get back to you."
"Nyet problyema. Dosvedanya".
Last edited by Mechta; 5th Dec 2016 at 16:17.