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2008-07-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by 3dc 2008-07-30 02:18|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ...They have maybe twenty or so, and they could probably get three in condition to safely make the trip there and back.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-07-30 06:18|| 2008-07-30 06:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Targets.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2008-07-30 07:35|| 2008-07-30 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Only the MSM is getting into a sweat about this, because their minds are still firmly stuck in Camelot, that is, the Cuban missile crisis.

The entire Caribbean out into the Atlantic is now intensely monitored for drug traffic. We might even give the Russians an IFF transponder so they don't accidentally get shot down.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-30 09:41|| 2008-07-30 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I bet our air defenses are good enough to take care of their cruise missiles and our fighters would make short work of their tankers.

Go ahead. Let Russia spend money they should be investing on infrastructure for bases and support costs. We bankrupted you guys once, we can do it again.

Mostly, this sounds like advertising to get nations that are not friendly to the US to buy Russian weapons. Friend of my enemy sort of thing.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-30 09:51|| 2008-07-30 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia recognizes the latent threat from NUCLEAR ISLAMISM + is well aware that CHINA has its eyes on SIBERIA = RUSS FAR EAST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-30 17:55|| 2008-07-30 17:55|| Front Page Top

#6 We might even give the Russians an IFF transponder so they don't accidentally get shot down.

That would be just plain mean!

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