oh..here comes the insults. No more argument?

The Mejlis represents only a very small minority of Crimean tatars. They are pretty much like Right Sector group in Ukraine, nothing more.

I spend last 2 summers in Crimea and traveled all over its coast. Pretty much all tatars support joining to Russian Federation (guess what, there are now 3 official languages instead of just one, that’s how international system works)

You have no idea about Crimea or its history and yet judging here.

You are so wrong.........

“Russia invaded Crimea and is waging a mostly proxy-war in Donetsk. Basically everyone agrees on this” - Crimeans do not agree with this.

“last time a Soviet invasion actually achieved anything significant politically was in 1968 Prague” - fixed it for you.

you forget to mention Idlib/northern Latakia (Al Qaeda and its allies territory) and Aleppo/Kuweires offensive (ISIS territory). There isn’t much FSA around. Only McCain’s dogs running around.

How many europeans do you think will back up Turkey if it declares war on Russia?

it’s quite simple actually. If Turkey declares war on Russia (the only way it can actually blockade russian traffic), article 5 will not be valid anymore. Ask Greeks if they will back up turks then :D.

unless Turkey declares a war (article 5 goes out of the window), it ain’t gonna happen.

of course it is retrofitable with older systems (it’s a russian way to make things). But the point is 96L6 is a new generation radar was made for the S-400 system. And read again few times please - “It’s a standard battery acquisition radar in the S-400 / SA-21 system”.

read again please - “They made it pretty clear that such confrontations with Russia ain’t gonna happen”.

That’s what happens when a bunch of wahhabis use the city as a fortress, it becomes a dead zone. And no need to try to make excuses.

as of today, the number of conscripts and under contract in the army are about 50/50. After the plans, by 2017 it should be 40/60 and by 2020 about 30/70. (conscripts/contracts)

then why do you even mention Israeli fighters here?

96L6 is the standard battery acquisition radar in the S-400 / SA-21 system. So yeah, it is a S-400 radar that has been developed for the S-400 system.

Su-30 equipped with a ground targeting pod for example.

:D

completely wrong comparison