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2008-09-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia will not indulge in arms race like USSR, says Medvedev

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Due entirely to an unprecedented level of self-restraint, of course.

Posted by gorb 2008-09-16 06:17|| 2008-09-16 06:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Nah. This time they'll insist on being paid by their clients.

Posted by lotp 2008-09-16 08:07|| 2008-09-16 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 A) They can't afford it.
B) The US is so far ahead of them they are getting lapped.
C) Why spend money on lots of R&D and weapons when you can sell lower level stuff that is better than most 3rd world nations anyway to America's enemies?

Posted by DarthVader 2008-09-16 10:18|| 2008-09-16 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia cannot. If they could, they would. To make matters much worse, their Georgian adventure may end up costing them better than a trillion dollars in the long run. Even worse, it made their military understand that its equipment is crap and so they need major and expensive upgrades.

And the worst of all is that the price of oil is heading back down. Which is the big source of Russian income.

The bottom line is that Georgia indirectly did what NATO never did. They single-handedly kicked Russia's ass, without even trying to do so.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-16 11:07|| 2008-09-16 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 IRAN-DAILY > NATO TO CONTINUE EXPANSION [read- Eastward, potens even into ASIA]. NATO warns RUSSIA IT HAS NO VETO AS PER GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGN BID/EFFORT TO JOIN NATO, and that RUSS WILL NOT BREAK NATO's TIES TO GEORGIA = "FORMER SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC"[Plural = SSRS?] THRU RUSS MIL ACTION(S).

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-16 20:18|| 2008-09-16 20:18|| Front Page Top

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