And we're suppose to be afraid of these guys

[Bruce Cohen]

Russia 'shot down its own planes'


By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
BBC News, Moscow


Russian jets carried out airstrikes against targets in northern Georgia

A report in a Russian military journal claims that half the planes Russia lost in its war with Georgia last year were shot down by friendly fire.
The article in the Moscow Defence Brief magazine also claims that Russia lost more military aircraft than it is admitting to.
The report is highly critical of Russian forces during the brief war.
Russian air force officials have always claimed that four planes were lost during the five-day war last August.
But this new report says the actual number is six, and that half of them were shot down by their own side.



'Nuff said,


Bruce

[cabinetman]

That's not really that odd. American casualties in VN attributed to "friendly fire", including fragging was pretty high. Lotsa louies.
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[LinuxRandal]

If I remember correctly, Georgia, was part of the USSR. With all their money shortfalls, and the fact they use the same tech, they probably all use the same id tech. (something to tell them from us) If that is the case then they couldn't rely on it, to tell them, from what use to be them.

Imagine we had another civil war, and our military was fighting itself again. With all our technology reliance we would have a lot more of this.

[Bruce Cohen]

That's not really that odd. American casualties in VN attributed to "friendly fire", including fragging was pretty high. Lotsa louies.
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Hey Cab,

Ya don't have to tell me, been there, done that (?) and I even have the T-shirt.

But ya gotta admit, the Russians are a bunch of _____. You can fill in the blanks.

Bruce