“It takes an entire platoon of trained engineers, mechanics, and strategists to operate a SAM battery”
One - This isn’t a Patriot battery, it is an AFV designed to be operated by four people. 4 Soviet-trained people, which means 4 half-a**ed trained people. It is actually designed for this. Most Soviet equipment was designed to be run by stupid people, which is why they have always been popular with third worlders. It can be operated individually, or as part of a larger battery.
Two - Ukraine, as did the Soviet Union before it, had compulsory Universal service until very recently, meaning every able-bodied male had to serve at least 1-2 years, if they couldn’t get an exemption.
Are you trying to tell me that out of the millions in Southeast Ukraine, it would be IMPOSSIBLE to find four people who knew at least the basics of operating a BUK??Especially given how many from the AA Regiment in Donetsk went over to the Rebels??
Or from among the Russian Volunteers, almost all whom were vets themselves?
Where did they get the missile? E-bay or from the Russian Military?
Russia is on a quest to retake the lands lost when the Soviet Union broke up. After they get done with rescuing all the “ethnic Russians” in the Ukraine, you can expect them to march into Latvia, Lituania, Poland....
Don’t try to apologize for Putin and his henchmen. They don’t need you to sell their propaganda here. They are going to complete their quest for expansion with or without your help.
You and your commie friends can cheer him on from the sidelines.
By the way, you pile of worthless crap, the Russkies are denying that they even have such a unit NOW after shooting down the plane, even after showing it off on twitter, and you, you rat scummy prick, are sitting here acting like Kiev and the West were the ones denying they had this capability, even though they’ve been suffering its results for the past week.
These are the liars you Soviet pricks are supporting, and yet you continue to shove your feces into our faces that you get from Russkie media, expecting us to believe you’re all such objective reporters of the news for us poor Freepers!