Author Topic: How great is my job? (Read 509 times)

aknimitz · « **on:** July 11, 2002, 07:33:52 PM »

This great!

My law firm represents importers/exporters of firearms, defense articles, etc. This is a plane that I just helped a client import, with repairs from Australia. Same client has about 10 warbirds, thought you guys might like to see a pic of one of 'em

S!
Nim

udet · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2002, 08:25:21 PM »

ak, when I get into the warbirds business I will call ya

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2002, 09:46:41 PM »

take all the cool picks you want and enjoy it while you can. you're a lawyer... that outweighs everything else as far as cool jobs go.

AKDejaVu

Pongo · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2002, 12:36:42 AM »

Cant believe it was painted in those colours in Australia..dont they know that the Ausies had the 3rd largest airforce in the world in 1945(at least in may 1945 I believe...but not in june 1945..)

scspook · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2002, 01:35:54 AM »

Nim is a Lawyer. We can make him file a petition to change it into Aussie colours !

Lets sue !

Boroda · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2002, 06:36:17 AM »

Question: did you have any experience importing any WWII machinery from Russia/formerUSSR?

aknimitz · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2002, 06:43:12 AM »

Boroda, yes - a little.

Pongo - it wasnt painted in Australia, just repairs made to the wings.

Nim

Boroda · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2002, 06:56:26 AM »

Just curious: what was your impression about Russian laws and our beloved customs service?

I just remember that Karelian search team who found the Buffalo fighter and got arrested for "posessing firearms and ammunition", for that rusty Browning MGs...

Staga · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2002, 07:41:38 AM »

Several years ago some guy here in Finland bought a Mig-25 reconnaissance version from Russia. Guess everything is possible

Boroda · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2002, 08:12:25 AM »

One of my friends worked buying copper and aluminium at Kuban' several years ago. He said once a VVS officer just brought them a MiG-25 and recieved more then $5,000 for it as recycleable aluminium...

25s are off-duty for almost 10 years now, so it's possible to buy them as trash. You only need to find right people

Eagler · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2002, 08:15:24 AM »

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Originally posted by Boroda
One of my friends worked buying copper and aluminium at Kuban' several years ago. He said once a VVS officer just brought them a MiG-25 and recieved more then $5,000 for it as recycleable aluminium...

25s are off-duty for almost 10 years now, so it's possible to buy them as trash. You only need to find right people

Are Nukes in the same boat?

Boroda · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2002, 08:25:28 AM »

Eagler, I bet I can find you a couple for reasonable price, but if you come here to buy them - I promise that you'll spend some time in Russian prison, and probably will be transferred to Guantanamo after you'll get really bored there

There is some difference with an obsolete signed-off aircraft and a nuke. Nuclear security is on the highest possible degree here.

This legends about "Russian nukes for sale" shows how little Western people know about what's going on here. It's a nature of our country - some things are very hard to understand if you don't live here.

I wish Leonid will share his impressions about two weeks he spent here

Hortlund · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2002, 08:38:05 AM »

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Originally posted by Boroda
There is some difference with an obsolete signed-off aircraft and a nuke. Nuclear security is on the highest possible degree here.

Somehow I get the sinking feeling that this doesnt really say all that much...

What about the US report about 82 russian nuklear warheads being "unnacounted for"?

Just an American lie?

Boroda · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2002, 08:53:15 AM »

Who reported about that 82 warheads?

Same people who still say all Russians wear fur-hats and we have to beware of the bears in the streets?

Any "missing" warhead will mean that all the people responsible for it, including military district commander and defence minister will be fired and put under investigation.

Believe me, the level of security in this field is hard to imagine.

My friend served in "special cargo guard" service of Internal troops, stationed in Arzamas-16, the National nuclear research center. He told many interesting thing about it. He was a only a sergeant, but he still can't get a foreign passport and go abroad, only because he saw the ID cards for the weapon factory personell...

Hortlund · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2002, 09:01:01 AM »

Sources on missing nukes

Can a Nuke Really Fit into a Suitcase?
Time magazine 10-29-01

Osama's Nuclear Quest
Time magazine 11-12-01

I thought it was common knowledge, apparently I was wrong, sorry for posting withouy source.