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2023-02-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin making increased use of armored train to avoid detection
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Posted by Fred 2023-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 That oncoming light in the tunnel is Russian Juche.
Posted by Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-14 01:40||   2023-02-14 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Cause armored train cars don't look any different from typical passenger cars.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-14 06:52||   2023-02-14 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess he's been watching Dr. Zhivago and channeling Strelnikov
Posted by Mercutio 2023-02-14 08:53||   2023-02-14 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember using up all my Strelnikov jokes early last year when the Russians lost another armored train. Oh well.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2023-02-14 11:37||   2023-02-14 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 "Though West's yellow press may be jaundiced,
My railways are best, yes, and strongest!
This camouflaged car
That conveys me to war
With my tables is also the longest."
Posted by Cholurong Spawn of the Poles3293 2023-02-14 12:49||   2023-02-14 12:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Paste Vlad's face on there, substitute slavs and rus for the folks by the tracks and the picture still works just fine

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-14 12:54||   2023-02-14 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess he's been watching Kim.

Kim Jong Un rode his bulletproof armored train from North Korea to Russia's extreme east for his first meeting with Vladimir Putin
Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-14 14:17||   2023-02-14 14:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Sounds like 'the walls are closing in' on ol' Vlad.
Posted by Bobby 2023-02-14 18:38||   2023-02-14 18:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Vova just prefers the view of the Russian countryside from a windowless armored carriage car.
Posted by Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-14 18:40||   2023-02-14 18:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't get me wrong, an armored train sounds pretty cool and every aspiring super-villain should have one. But an armored train is slow and obvious. And Russia is really big. It almost seems like misdirection. "There goes Mr Bigstuff in his fancy-ass train again." In the meantime, some guy slips out the back unnoticed into a black Mercedes and heads for a military helicopter.
Posted by SteveS 2023-02-14 19:09||   2023-02-14 19:09|| Front Page Top

#11 I dunno - a permanent lair in a static volcano seems more clever...unless they have balloons. D'oh!
Posted by Frank G 2023-02-14 19:56||   2023-02-14 19:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Not only an armoured train: a secret railway was built for Putin in Russia
Posted by Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-14 21:44||   2023-02-14 21:44|| Front Page Top

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