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2018-08-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Exercise week: Russian fighter jet obliterates a ship after firing a supersonic missile at it in dramatic video during a huge military exercise

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Target ship didn't get to defend itself. Preordained conclusion. If the missile had pre-ignited and taken out the launching aircraft we would not even be seeing the video.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-08-04 00:56|| 2018-08-04 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Are we sure that this video didn't come from Raytheon or Hughes? They've posted a lot of them like this.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-08-04 11:11|| 2018-08-04 11:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Did they load the target up with incendiary materials for that 'Hollyweird' effect (like our own people do)?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-08-04 13:05|| 2018-08-04 13:05|| Front Page Top

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