About the only problem with that theory is that Russia is scraping the barrel since they are bogged down in Ukraine for resources to throw into Syria.
They’ll likely put in just enough for ISIS to turn into hostages for nasty executions.
“Russia is scraping the barrel since they are bogged down in Ukraine for resources to throw into Syria.”
Russia is supplying the Rebels in the Southeast Ukraine out of OLD INVENTORY, that has been sitting in warehouses and bunkers for 30-60 YEARS.
They have been supplying the Syrians, who are still fighting with T-55’a, from that same inventory. Only in the last two weeks has the modern Russian stuff showed up, and that is under strictly Russian control, it seems.
It’s hard to comprehend the vast amount of weapons and ammo the Soviets produced, that has just sat there for decades. Ukraine have been the world’s greatest arms bazaar for over two decades, just from the tuff the Russians left behind, enabled by rampant corruption at all levels, and “Accounting Errors” in stocks.
Remember that for the first 6 months of the Ukrainian Civil war, the rebels fought with supplies from just ONE ammo stash outside of Sloviansk.