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2022-05-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian military hardware wrecked in Ukraine war could ‘lower demand' in Southeast Asia
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Posted by Matt 2022-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 Title from the 1060s - Unsafe at Any Speed
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-13 08:44||   2022-05-13 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 oops..1960s
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-13 08:45||   2022-05-13 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 "Before I sign this contract, show me again how the autoloader works...Aww man, sorry about your arm."
Posted by Matt 2022-05-13 09:21||   2022-05-13 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't know... they've been fairly effective at shooting down passenger planes over the years.
Posted by ed in texas 2022-05-13 10:01||   2022-05-13 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I suppose it depends on whether you are planning on fighting a near-peer war or just need some hardware to oppress the citizenry or slow down the local hardboys.

One virtue of Russian hardware is that, unlike high tech Western kit, it is designed to be maintained in the field by illiterate peasants with no Pep Boys around for a thousand kilometers.
Posted by SteveS 2022-05-13 16:10||   2022-05-13 16:10|| Front Page Top

#6 What was that cartoon back in the early 90s?

Welcome to Iraq - home of the world's 5th 8th 20 45th 78th largest army.

Hard to believe purchasers after how many years of Battlefront: Syria are now like, whoa wait a minute!
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-05-13 16:39||   2022-05-13 16:39|| Front Page Top

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