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2022-03-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

US is sending ~~RUSSIAN~~ Soviet air defense systems to Ukraine to help fight Putin: Pentagon says there is 'clear evidence' of war crimes and is now delivering Soviet equipment they 'secretly acquired from Moscow decades ago'

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-22 08:25|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Hey! We still use this. The OSA-AK, an Indian variant, can be found in our Air Defense Missile Regiment stables.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-03-22 13:55|| 2022-03-22 13:55|| Front Page Top

#2 SA-8/9K33? I wonder how effective they would be agains the primary threat - cruise missiles, deep strike aircraft, and theater-level missiles.

Get the S-300's from the other former eastern bloc countries and give them to Ukraine, and upgrade our allies with more modern NATO systems as a better deterrent to discourage Putin's aggression. The British Sky Sabre would do nicely, they are already deployed into Poland, and same with US Patriot (improved) batteries.

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-03-22 19:43|| 2022-03-22 19:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Should have done this in the years before the invasion.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-03-22 22:12|| 2022-03-22 22:12|| Front Page Top

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