[Crazieman]

Russian engineering is almost exclusively limited to their small arms. If its more complicated than an AK, expect it to fail. Period.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

That's not true. The Russians have always designed and built fine, functional aircraft using what limited resources are available in that country. Their pilots though tend to be more reckless than ours and prone to take more risks though.

Making of a Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker

[ColdWater]

Russian engineering is almost exclusively limited to their small arms. If its more complicated than an AK, expect it to fail. Period.

This didn't look like equipment failure.

[Paradox]

Not true, the Russians have some fine engineering, it is manufacturing that they aren’t all that great at. That is why they usually design their things to be ugly but tough (AK-47, Soyuz). Besides, this looked like a piloting error.