Hey now, recon is recon. Even if that reminds me of PIZZINT. Regardless, stop hating. 😀

The people in Iraq and Afghanistan are too much for the US too handle, Russian reserve units won’t be any worse.

Different type of warfare, one the US was not well-prepared or well-equipped to fight from the outset.

Lines of Tomahawk missiles can’t exploit AD weaknesses.

Oh yes they can, they can be programmed through any coverage gaps, or flown at 50 feet to get below detection zones at long range.

You mean the 10 year NEWER design than the common Yank Los Angeles class?!

Newer does not automatically imply better.

For one, the A-135 system was never going to be sold to anyone! But ABM testing is still conducted regularly at Sary Shagan in Kazakhstan. The difference is that a lot of the testing isn’t made as public as it is in the USA, where the justification for expense is far more politically visible. As for the S-500, they can’t seriously begin testing until 2015 I assume, as they aren’t required to have any hardware until then.

What are these guys shooting at? Legit ICBM type targets, or something slower, along the lines of an MR/IRBM?

If you want to get rid of dust, and you’re using some form of digital SLR, try this:

http://www.copperhillimages.com/index.php?pr=Tutorials

I use this stuff all the time.

Saw this on another forum today, made me chuckle muchly:

(OK, slightly inaccurate as 13 were launched, but yeah – just makes a point!)

OK, if you think that one is funny, check out the REST of them:

http://cheezburger.com/TemplateView.aspx?ciid=4751970

😀

The MS-16 variant was demodded to MS-6 standard due to arms control agreements. THAT is why there are a serious lack of pictures showing external weapons carriage by the Tu-95MS.

There’s another START photo from a different angle showing the external carriage of Kh-55s as well, but nobody seems to have it on the ‘net.