In the article they mentioned some aircraft better than USA aircraft.
But as we know, what was done will change the game.
On Thursday, 20 March 2014, Mike Reshitnyk <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Regardless of whether they are ready or not, this just smells of pure
> and simple lobbying - special interst groups (defence industry etc.) will
> always argue that armed forces need more and more. But I do agree with the
> title that they are not going to bother with the Crimea.
>
> If the United States is not as ready as the author laments, just think of
> the Russians!
>
> The United States has had more than a decade of non-stop combat experience
> - basically, Afghanistan and the two Iraq wars were for them a huge
> training exercise (yes, even with the human loses sustained). Strategy,
> tactics, massive equipment purchases, upgrades and trials have been
> relentless and non-stop. The Americans also have a massive pool of fairly
> young combat-experienced citizens in and out of the military that they can
> tap into.
>
> I don't think the Russians can match this. They can't even keep their
> subs from blowing up on their own and sinking.
>
> I speak here of conventional forces, I can't speak much about nuclear
> weapons - (exception: American ICBM boomer subs which I'm sure
> collectively outclass the Russians).
>
>
> Ex coelis
>
> Mike
>
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> *From:* Francine Ponomarenko<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 20, 2014 4:36 PM
> *To:* [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>
> *Subject:* [politics] Pentagon not ready for Cold War with Russia over
> Crimea
>
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-not-ready-cold-war-2-094500985--politics.html
>
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