Su-30 Crash + NGM, LADA Canceled and S-500 Delayed

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(1) Su-30 Caught Fire Before Crash – Investigators. RIA Novosti, Feb 28, 2012.
http://en.ria.ru/mlitary_news/20120228/171592093.html

(2) Another New One Bites The Dust. Strategy Page, Feb 28, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20120228.aspx
(US Air Force "cancelled its NGM (Next Generation Missile). Formerly the JDRADM (Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile), work began on this system nearly a decade ago. NGM would replace both AMRAAM air-to-air missiles and HARM anti-radar missiles. The cost of the NGM project was expected to be about $15 billion. The key advantage of the NGM was the ability of stealthy F-22s and F-35s to carry SDBs (small diameter bombs) and NGMs in their internal bomb bays while going in and destroying enemy air defenses. NGM would also have a longer range than AMRAAM and HARM, making it capable of destroying new, longer range Russian systems (like S-400). The current HARM cannot fit into the bomb bays of the F-22 and F-35")

(3) S-500 Is Dying From Brain Drain. Strategy Page, Feb 23, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htada/articles/20120223.aspx
("further delayed. Apparently the S-500 won't enter service until the end of the decade")

(4) Kilo Eats Its Children. Strategy Page, Feb 21, 2012
http://strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20120221.aspx
("Russia has cancelled the construction of its Lada class diesel-electric submarines. Lada was the 1990s successor to the Kilo class, and it was determined that there was not enough difference between the Lada and the improved Kilos being built")

Note: Kilo is the name NATO assigned to it, whereas Lada is the name Russians bestowed.