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2008-08-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

StrategyPage: Russia Takes A Beating Over Georgia

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Posted by Delphi 2008-08-14 12:45|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Georgia claims to have downed ten Russian aircraft as of August 11th, and the true air losses won't be known until photos appear of all the aircraft wreckage.

Is that the real reason that there are russian troops combing the forests? They say it is to scarf up on any abandoned Georgian "military equipment".

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-14 14:53|| 2008-08-14 14:53|| Front Page Top

#2 good point

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-14 14:54|| 2008-08-14 14:54|| Front Page Top

#3 There was a report that the recon aircraft which was shot down was flown by a senior instructor pilot.
If they don't have guys good enough to do this, the instructors aren't doing their jobs.
And, this means they're eating their seed corn.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2008-08-14 23:05|| 2008-08-14 23:05|| Front Page Top

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