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Originally Posted by Apache
Equipment is one thing. Support-training-courageous pilots are another. Ill bet on the good ole USA.
Let us hope and pray that it never comes to actually needing these in a war with the old Warsaw pact countries or any commie stinking rat plane.
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Ummmm, most of the old Warsaw pact countries are now in NATO and/or the European Union and the rest, with the notable exception of Serbia, are anything but Russian allies.
As for support and training, I wouldn't venture a guess. As for courage, I seem to remember the average Russian soldier doing quite well in WWII--in spite of a horrible system.
While I understand Cinci's point. One thing to remember is that this is not your father's Russia. They have closed the tech gap to a fair degree, and they certainly have closed the resources gap thanks to their massive oil (and other commodity) profits.