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  1. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Syrians here are not avoiding work. In fact they manage quite ok, like Mohamad Darwich, who has a chain of stores at our eastern border which cater for Russian clentele. He originally came to SU to study engineering in the eighties, moved to Finland and prospered. Of course he is now suffering...
  2. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/opinion/article/putin-is-angling-for-a-quick-exit-from-syria/540318.html Putin Is Angling for a Quick Exit From Syria By Vladimir Frolov Oct. 25 2015 20:16 Last edited 20:16 Alexei Druzhinin / RIA-Novosti / Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russian President...
  3. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    My favourite war film is Battle of Algiers...still great after 50 years.
  4. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    They shoot one down in the video. It could be cgi, difficult to tell...
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    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    It can be dropped with even older rifle....
  6. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Finns use Apaches in life fire exercises as targets. Propably some older model.
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    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    I hope Russian air war against ISIS is more succesful than against us: for example fighter squadron 24 tally in War: 877 aerial victories with 38 own losses of which 18 dead...... @gadeshi, how is the training of russian pilots? Hopefully better than then...
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    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Military training given by Finnish experts has significantly reduced the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters losses in the battle against the extremist organization ISIS http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ulkomaat/art-1445313558663.html Iltasanomat VALIKKO UUTISET VIIHDE URHEILU SÄÄ ISTV TALOUS EXTRA ULKOMAAT...
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    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Salute to Russian propaganda machine...war is beautiful. Even CNN or Fox has never sunken so low....
  10. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    The article basically explains how Russia and West are like oil and water Finnish Orthodox church belongs to the ecumenical patriarchal of Constantinople. That is interesting, one example of the "thousand years" cultural border between our two countries.
  11. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Yeah, but they do not get apartments from Niinistö after calling him "sent by god"...
  12. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    1. Russia claims to defend Christian values which have been rejected by the West [10]. The claim is of course questionable, but that Russia puts it. The difference is emphasized by the fact that in the West the church and religion is strictly separated from political power. Russia Church is...
  13. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Small part of me wishes well to those Russians in Syria. Their country has been so F''ked up for the past 25 years that now they have change to feel proud of themselves on an international theatre. Of course they are just trying to get the price of oil up, but you cannot blame Putin for...
  14. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    I respect your religion and your spiritual searching, but it is a little bit thick to bring the church here. Russian orthodox church supported Putin´s well prepared crusade against "nazis" in Ukraine just like German church supported Hitler´s Reich or Finnish church supported our crusade in...
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    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Russian search and rescue team in Latakia
  16. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/opinion/article/petrostate-politics-a-tale-of-oil-and-aggression-op-ed/539237.html Petrostate Politics: A Tale of Oil and Aggression (Op-Ed) By Maria Snegovaya Oct. 15 2015 20:10 Last edited 20:10 Commentators have already compared President Vladimir...
  17. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    I am not an expert on EW, thats why I speak freely. Those who are, they are quiet and not in this forum.
  18. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28167071 Educate yourself,.....................................................
  19. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    Poles gave the info that helped Thuring to crack it. Poles were far in solving it before Nazis and Soviets attacked them. Regarding current EW, somehow I have a feeling that Russian systems are not any better than they were before. At some point you get careless and we take advantage. It is the...
  20. jouni

    Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

    SIGINT, Russian latest kit is operational in Syria. Russia is fool letting all out for domestic show of force. Home public is happy for show and we thank for intel. Do not underestimate the poles, they cracked enigma first.
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