They have the most advanced MBT (Main Battle Tank) in the world, and a very versitile missile and missile defense system. Their Special Operations Forces are some of the best in the world as well - easily on par with Delta, ST6, and British SAS.
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have sources for this claim but I do have a suspicion that Russia > has more ICBMs than Italy, and some of their leaders might have the > chutzpah to actually use them. They may not have a strong economy and they > may have an outdated conventional military, but maybe it made sense to > tiptoe a bit before pushing back. > > I can't disagree though....if they're really trying to swing our election > then something has to be done. > > Maybe Obama will be the last president because Putin goes cackling mad and > starts launching missiles at us. Or maybe doomsayers just like to say > "doom". It's right there in their name. It's fun to hypothesize but I > don't really put any faith in Nostradamus nor his 21st century analog in > the Balkans. > > > So on 12/31/16 at midnight UTC, clocks leap forward 1 second. > > > > And on 1/20/17, they fall back 50 years? > > > > Is this why I’m recently hearing radio ads for gourmet food with a 20 year > shelf life? Bomb shelter supplies? Doesn’t it make more sense to just > rotate the stock of non perishable food in your pantry, and isn’t that > already a common Mormon practice? This talks about a 3 month supply: > > https://www.lds.org/topics/emergency-preparedness > > > > Oh, and CNN had an interview the other day with one of my favorite > politicians, Adam Kinzinger, who represents most of my WISP service area. > He pointed out that Russia is not the Soviet Union, and we should maybe not > treat them as an equal like during the cold war, and that Putin is trying > to push us around like one of their former satellite states, and it’s > overdue for us to push back. I like his characterization of Russia as a > gas can with an economy the size of Italy. > > > > http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1612/29/cg.02.html > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 11:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president > > > > It will be an interesting year for sure. I am hopeful for a strong > business friendly economic upturn. > > I actually would welcome the return of the cold war. Things were more > peaceful back then. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 10:31 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president > > > > Because Trump is the “first ME President”. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 11:14 AM > *To:* Motorola III <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT: Will DJT be president > > > > > > Modern day “Nostradamus from the Balkans” forecast that "Obama will be the > "last US president". > > https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-president-060745089.html > > > One last thought for 2016. > > -- > > > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > >
