Comments on: Cпасибо Tоварищ… Hе

By: Therapist1

Therapist1 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:31:09 +0000

b2 has a point. It is still ground based command and control which is not the most difficult to defeat. A few missiles into the right places and they are dumb and blind.

By: badbob

badbob — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:09:54 +0000

SSG Jeff,

The US military has found a way to defeat Soviet and Russian equipment on any battlefield during and after the Cold War ended. Remember how formidable the Iraqi Soviet style air defense and equipment seemed in late 1990 and was written about in the press pre-war?

Like a hot knife through butter we were…

My $$ are on Uncle Sam.

Flatlander-

I truely hope what you envision comes to fruition and they can all go back to their Bedouin ways….

By: SSG Jeff (USAR)

SSG Jeff (USAR) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:29:46 +0000

David,

Part of that was, of course, the fact that the stuff the Soviets provided their client states was always downgraded somewhat from what they were using themselves.

Hey, Cap’n Lex – where did you learn Russian? I spent about 3 months on the hill in Monterey flunking out of Russian, but happily I remember enough of it to work out the joke in the title.

By: David Curp

David Curp — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:05:59 +0000

Dear SSG Jeff,

Maybe yes, maybe no about the most recent Syrian fun and games – but Russian technical competence has always had real limits and was one of the reasons that so many formerly pro-Soviet states came in from the cold – the weapons the Soviets sold them never lived up to its promises.

By: SSG Jeff (USAR)

SSG Jeff (USAR) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:47:29 +0000

I’m just afraid that what happened in Syria was a one-time shot. Now that it’s known it can be done, it can be prevented, presumably.

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:29:20 +0000

I don’t mean to sound like I’m trivializing a very strategic and important action. But it does occur to me that it seems the Russians are bored with the current world order and are just spoiling for a fight with their old adversary…

Selling something like this to Iran – they had to know it would tweak the U.S. just a tad. Is that the greater threat?