tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post6901779838318837474..comments2024-03-16T09:11:27.097-04:00Comments on GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD: Countering PutinGrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-68666785516496537962015-10-13T15:46:19.795-04:002015-10-13T15:46:19.795-04:00Not sure Commonwealth would risk their air forces ...Not sure Commonwealth would risk their air forces if America insisted and enforced a No Fly Zone. Those cats have a lot of prestige riding on their military performance - especially now that Iran has 150 billion to bling on Russian made weaponry. Truly though - it would depend on how serious the Commander in Chief would be - not a fun thought au courrant,GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-26770203287636785752015-10-13T13:17:35.629-04:002015-10-13T13:17:35.629-04:00The on-going disarmament among the NATO countires,...The on-going disarmament among the NATO countires, including the US, hardly supports the claim that Russia's military is second rate. It's nuclear weapons are more modern than our own obsolete collection of warheads, their delivery systems are newer, they are converting their army to a modern brigade-centric organization, the troops have a new suite of weapons and armor, and they are upgrading their airforce to a level somewhate beyond the F15/B1 level. On the down side they are still 50% conscript. What Russia does have is a small, capable and very dangerous military that could win a stand up conventional war in Eastern Europe (Ukraina, Belarus, Estonia, maybe Latvia), but not Central (Poland) or Western Europe.<br /><br />As to no fly zones in Syria, this would result in direct combat between Russian and NATO forces with the likelihood that a nuclear war ensures. The Russians have the initiative in Syria, and we will just have to wait and see how it all turns out.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.com