It was day one of Russian counter-offensive, georgians claimed there were 150 pieces of armor.
On US media they are comparind WHOLE of georgian and WHOLE of Russian armies.
“Saakashvili said that Russia has deployed about 150 of its armored vehicles in South Ossetia and added that Georgia’s forces has shot down two Russian planes engaged in bombing operations in its territory.
By Monday, the hostilities in the key transit route for oil and gas from the Caspian have reached an unpredictable situation after Georgian and Russian troops fought fierce battles overnight as Russian tanks advanced toward the Georgian city of Gori.”
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The first shots were fired on Friday night. An unidentified number of Georgian troops moved into South Ossetia to restore there the control of the central government. Moscow’s response was as immediate as brutal: some 150 tanks and armored vehicles, supported by the air force and navy, were sent to help the pro-Russian republic.
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As you say, that was day one. How many are there now? How many on the secondary front to the northwest? How many more aircraft do the Russian have than the Georgians. What sort of armor and aircraft?
The first shots were fired on Friday night. An unidentified number of Georgian troops moved into South Ossetia to restore there the control of the central government. Moscow’s response was as immediate as brutal: some 150 tanks and armored vehicles, supported by the air force and navy, were sent to help the pro-Russian republic.
In Russia, as in most countries, you don't whistle up 150 armored vehicles and however many aircraft and have them on the road or conducting strikes in the rear areas, in 24 hours. Doesn't happen. You don't sortie a fleet, especially the current Russian Black Sea fleet, in that much time either. But they did. That means they had it all laid on *before* the S. Ossetian "separtists" broke the cease fire, which was the cause for the Georgian response.
South Ossetia is too small to be a “republic” and too large to be an asylum. It’s natural northern border is a mountain range. The Russians should have left and let well enough alone.