Mig-29 - 1, Hermes 450 - 0

CCIP · 04-22-08, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by darius359au

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Originally Posted by Trex

What I find ironic is that a resurgent Russia is stepping up against Georgia, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.

I like the double standards used by Russia - Kosovo's not allowed to be independant of Serbia But they'll supply aid and weapons to Abkhasia and South Ossetia against Georgia:hmm:

You know, that logic could be turned around. The NATO supports Kosovo independence from Serbia but they supply weapons to Georgia to suppress the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Eh, it's a double-standard world. Frankly, let's throw out comparisons to regions that have nothing to do with the Caucasus here. They're not going to do any good. The fact is that Georgia's regime is officially very not nice and extremely nationalistic, not to mention with a very bad history with Abkhaz and Ossetians who counted on Russia's patronage for a long, long time now for protection from Georgia's own ambitions in the region. However you slice that, it's a fact and it has nothing to do with Kosovo. Let's keep the topic in focus here. For one, Georgian promises to celebrate the next year in Tshinvali (which they repeated a number of years in a row now) have always sent shivers up my spine. Last time we've had Georgia's way in Tshinvali or Sukhumi, things were not pretty.

Dmitry Markov · 04-22-08, 07:22 AM

For me footage looks like CG stuff. I extremely like MIG-29's and our Air Forces in general but this video looks very much like graphics. But if it is for real then kudos to the fighter pilot and to Hermes 450 operator

Thanks for the show guys

Foxtrot · 04-22-08, 07:55 AM

War! Yay!

XabbaRus · 04-22-08, 08:44 AM

Doesn't look CG at all. Looks very real.

CCIP · 04-22-08, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dmitry Markov

For me footage looks like CG stuff. I extremely like MIG-29's and our Air Forces in general but this video looks very much like graphics. But if it is for real then kudos to the fighter pilot and to Hermes 450 operator

Thanks for the show guys

I think this will become a sort of military meme now. I for one welcome the deluge of footage from target drones equipped with cameras that is likely to beset us in the near future

Oberon · 04-22-08, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I think this will become a sort of military meme now. I for one welcome the deluge of footage from target drones equipped with cameras that is likely to beset us in the near future

PeriscopeDepth · 04-22-08, 12:07 PM

Well in case nobody has seen it, an Iraqi MiG-25 shoots down a Predator before OIF:

PD

04-22-08, 07:22 AM	#2
Dmitry Markov Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Moscow, Russian Federation Posts: 236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For me footage looks like CG stuff. I extremely like MIG-29's and our Air Forces in general but this video looks very much like graphics. But if it is for real then kudos to the fighter pilot and to Hermes 450 operator Thanks for the show guys __________________ Большому кораблю - большая торпеда!

04-22-08, 07:55 AM	#3
Foxtrot Ensign Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 231 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	War! Yay! __________________ And when the plane got down to, 'The plane is 10 miles out,' the young man also said to the vice president, 'Do the orders still stand?' And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, 'Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?' Well, at the time I didn't know what all that meant.

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Doesn't look CG at all. Looks very real. __________________

04-22-08, 12:07 PM	#7
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Well in case nobody has seen it, an Iraqi MiG-25 shoots down a Predator before OIF: PD