Saw a few fly past me the other day. I stopped and took in the sight, fully aware that could be the last time I ever see one fly.

That is actually a common myth propagated by films like Enemy at the Gates.

Yah. People would sue because the smoke trail frightened them or the crowds caused to much traffic. I really wish there was the level of enthusiasm here for the military like there was in Russia. It seems most people here would rather they didn’t exist.

They do a pretty decent job of covering any anomaly military related, though for actual movements of ships, I have found Sputnik to be better. I have yet to find a good source for looking at he movements of Chinese ships though...

Two boosters, one on each side

This supports what I have believed for a while now: Turkey (and Saudi Arabia to a great extent) do NOT want peace in the neighboring countries. It in not in their best interests to have neighbors with strong economies or stable governments.

Everyone looks really damn tired. I can only imagine how draining that would be

Meh, everyone's done it to some degree.

But who is he? We should make a movie...

Yah, because we need another example of how US foreign policy is idiotic.

The same reason any other world power denies involvement in similar cases. It's not like anyone had any doubt where all the TOW missiles were coming from in Syria

Now that actually makes sense. I have heard rumors that many enemy tanks have been destroyed not by guns, even though tank have gotten the credit. I always assumed it was an aircraft firing, but this would make more sense.

This is applying less and less to Russia and more and more to our Mil-Ind Complex.

It's funny, but if you think about it, if you gave the software development to Microsoft or Apple, I bet a lot would improve. In the commercial market, you can't delay the new iPhone by 3 years or have your Computer not have a functioning disk drive for 5. Obviously the problems are somewhat different, but the lack of…

Or the LCS...

Shit. Now the S-97 won't be affordable any more.

1. No, I said nothing about downgraded export versions. Reread before you copy and past.

and my point being that it is always a tank of the previous generation being used by a poorly trained proxy government facing modern western gear. That is not a fair comparison, any more than comparing an F-4 to a Mig-29.

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