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[henkster]

Bad deal for the Russkies. The Chinese only need to buy one or two.

[AdmSmith]

They might be used against Russia.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A recent comment by Kremlin's chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, "the chances that China may be the first foreign buyer of S-400s are high,"

Well, for their sakes the Indians better be the second foreign buyer, and get as good at studying and manufacturing foreign technology as the Chinese are.

[DoughtyOne]

Tempted to say, "And they've recently been tested to a little over 30,000 feet", but I don't believe these are the ones used to shoot down the Malaysian Airliner over the Ukraine.  I believe those were S-300s.

Pupin seems to cherish the moniker "Evil Empire".  Too bad, because I don't think his citizens are our enemies.


Ramirez's latest political cartoon LARGE VERSION 08/29/2014: LINK  LINK to regular sized version of Ramirez's latest, and an archive of his political cartoons.
In this political cartoon, Ramirez presents, "The Evil Empire."

NINETY-TWO PRECENT OF THE FREEPATHON GOAL HAS BEEN MET.  Lets end this FReepers.
...this is a general all purpose message, and should not be seen as targeting any individual I am responding to...

Let's end this FReepathon folks.  We all want the forum to be here.  Let's stand behind it and chip in.

[Captain Rhino]

A typo in the slide:

30 km = 30,000 meters = 53,182 feet ((30000x39)/12)

[BobL]

Pretty much gives China OWNERSHIP of East Asia. We might as well pull our navy out if those missiles end up in China’s hands.

This is how Russia plays HARD BALL against a “Wag the Dog” president.