Bina on Iraq

ChrisD(RJ) chrisd at russiajournal.com
Mon Feb 24 06:47:18 PST 2003


This isn't worth an extended dispute, but it's something I used to know a lot about -- through 1988 or so I could have told you the CEP (accuracy) of every Soviet missle, the capabilities of WP tanks, and the like. Unless Russian technology has improved a whole lot since the fall of Communism, which I seriously doubt, I don't think that outside a handful of weapons systems, mostly fairly low tech, that their military technology was a serious match for anything the West could field. Hell, their missles were liquid fueled and their jets were using vacuum tubes. Their assualt rifles were the best, though. True, they can still blow up the world, but it doesn't take much to do that.

jks -- The Sukhoi is arguably the best fighter plane in the world. It is the envy of NATO. The Oscar class sub is widely regarded as the best representative of its class in the world. Theu are designing a fifth-generation fighter plane.



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