Russian blunder

[1K3]

Originally posted by MORAY37
Considerably funny, since we have missiles as old as theirs or older, sitting in silos right now.

and their missles are not in fixed silos.  Most of them are highly mobile.

[Estel]

Originally posted by Panzzer
Probably asleep - the first post of this thread was posted after 11pm their time.

[offtopic] Estel, where are you from? While visiting the MAKS 2007 I met Boroda and some of his friends, too bad you weren't there (?) [/offtopic]

I'm from Moscow. And that time I was 500 km away. In the wood. On the lake beach. Three weeks.

[C(Sea)Bass]

If you don't think being under estimated is a huge advantage you have been living under a rock. Had the British not under estimated the Americans in the Revolution this land could be very different right now. A few years back the US under estimated a small place called VIETNAM. Even the Russains are guilty, were they not a little overly cocky going into Afganistan?

As far as the ICBM thing goes it seems as if both sides are dramatically less capable in the ICBM department. I could be wrong but it seems that way to me since I personally saw a NIKE missle base in my town become a skate park/football field.

[68Wooley]

Originally posted by Vudak
...the Russian people now have access to the free press and as such could not be easily deceived into going gung ho into a war...

Coouughh...WMD's...couougghhh




 

[FBBone]

............................M y bad, I thought it said "Russian BLENDER".  Imagine my disappointment after running to get the vodka.....................

[Boroda]

Originally posted by FBBone
............................My bad, I thought it said "Russian BLENDER".  Imagine my disappointment after running to get the vodka.....................

Mixing vodka with anything?! It simply can't be Russian.

The only truely Russian "cocktail" is White Silence: take 200ml of vodka, add 200ml of vodka, shake but not stir

[Russian]

Originally posted by Boroda
I finally got rid of internet connection at home, so I get some sleep at night again

Estel is from Msk too, unfortunately he was on the vacation all August.

So now I can't drink with you while chatting on Skype?

[Gunslinger]

I still think this is a whole lot to do about nothing.

And for the post about Pre/post iraq.  We do not have our entire army in Iraq.  Yes it is wearing us down in manning and equipment but all of those can be replaced.  What you can't put a price on is the lessons learned and the TACTICS developed.  I'm not talking just about urban combat.  I'm talking about how our military thinks moves and communicates as a whole.

[MORAY37]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
I still think this is a whole lot to do about nothing.

And for the post about Pre/post iraq.  We do not have our entire army in Iraq.  Yes it is wearing us down in manning and equipment but all of those can be replaced.  What you can't put a price on is the lessons learned and the TACTICS developed.  I'm not talking just about urban combat.  I'm talking about how our military thinks moves and communicates as a whole.

The Germans didn't have their whole army on the eastern front in ww2 either.... but it was the reason they lost the war.  In case you all missed it, we're committed to Iraq, Afghanistan,  South Korea, and Europe still.    Not the same situation as Germany, but it draws serious parallels.  Our force projection is currently seriously in doubt, should it be needed elsewhere.  The good news, is we're already in every corner of the world now, lol.

As for tactics... that makes me laugh.  The only thing we're currently learning is at a squad level, urban combat, and that's because it's really something you cannot truly teach.  As far as Army wide-  You can't really learn much from an enemy thats tactics lend itself to such engagements as these.