Fighting in Georgia

[BrandonJ1780]

Brief account of earlier naval incident between Russia and Georgia. "Moskva Heavily Damaged" is interesting, and how "opposed" was the Russians' landing? If the account's true, sounds like Georgian sailors went down fighting.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061604/posts

 

[Fog]

I am really looking forward to a book or a "Military Channel" special on all aspects of this Russia-Georgia mugging. I looks like the little guy got some excellent punches in from his air defense & naval forces - but the ground force guys never had a chance.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Huh. Moskva getting beat up against patrol boats is indeed interesting. The real details of this engagement will be fascinating.

 

[Cron]

Then I apologize to you, sir, if you are a native Pole. You know more about this situation than I ever will and what it means to become a free man. Congrats to all Poles for the economic growth & democratic processes that have occurred in your native country over the past +/_ 16 years.

No need to apologize sir, I was merely pointing out a terminology-related technicality. Unfortunately the internet makes it difficult for things to come across clearly sometimes.

[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif]Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles[/FONT]

And for all you boys out there who thought the Cold War was "over" .... and also for those of you who think the ChiComs are "manageable" or perhaps "they need us more than we need them" ....

*sigh* ... Constants; truths:

... it's good to see that some things just don't change ....

So do you foresee any MIGs going down in flames in our immediate future, sir? :tongue2_1

 

[DSL1990]

i don't understand a lot of what's in this UPI article, but i thought some people here might be interested. the military analyst author basically says that the russian military strategy/tactics surprised the west:

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cach...hocks_West_in_Georgia_ops/UPI-89131218561669/

 

[picklesuit]

"It was the Georgian patrol boat P-21 Georgy Toreli that was hit by a "Malakhit" (SS-N-9) anti-surface missile from the Russian MRK Mirazh (617, project 12341, NATO - Nanuchka III) missile corvette. Another Georgian boat was damaged at sea. The Russian missile cruiser Moskva (121, project 1164, NATO - Slava class) was hit by gunfire and had to withdraw. The rest of the Georgian boats, incl. the missile boat Tbilisi, were shelled in Poti harbour on the 13th Aug, apparently abandoned by their crews. " lifted from another blog..Pickle

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/while-the-media.html

 

[DSL1990]

wow... now ppl are blaming the israelis:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3583278,00.html

 

[jarhead]

Video of Turkish journalists getting shotup in their vehicle. Only injury was glass in one fellas eye. Couldn't find any proof whether it was Russians or Georgians doing the shooting.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=afa_1218829366

Pictures of war from a Russian forum ***some pics are very gory so be forewarned***

Attached are a couple pics, one of a Russian "war trophy" & the other is the Georgian airbase at Senaki getting bombed.

S/F

 

[jarhead]

quick recce ...

S/F

 

[invertedflyer]

Wow, I guess our supply of the Georgian military was a little more significant than I thought. I had heard about the M-4s, but not hardbacks. interesting.

@Jarhead, what kind of Sam launcher is that sir? (yep you gussed it, I'm too lazy to go to fas.org) It looks similar to the one pictured in "Behind Enemy Lines".

 

[Junkball]

what kind of Sam launcher is that? (yep you gussed it, I'm too lazy to go to fas.org) It looks similar to the one pictured in "Behind Enemy Lines".

Looks to me like the cannons of a Tunguska track;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M311_Tunguska#Missiles

Yet more Red-on-Red equipment clashes. I wonder who would be willing to bet against the odds that Russian-manufactured SAMs brought down their own jets?

 

[busdriver]

SA-13 and 2S6

 

[voodooqueen]

Weren't the Afghan rebels at that time also known as the Taliban--even though they had a different agenda and were different guys?

 

[nittany03]

quick recce ...

S/F

Wow. The Russians actually have artists that can make a 2S6-shaped topiary. I should hire them to do the front of my condo.

 

[nittany03]

The Russian Foreign Minister speaks out in the WSJ.