On 2010-10-06, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus25694 wrote:

Today, not bad, a while back too much if you had a 03 ffl. If the condition is really
good, just smile and enjoy a piece of your heritage. Lots of Nazi's didn't go home due to
M/N rifles. American arms tend to be sports cars. Russion arms more like tractors. Both
get a job done.

I personally admire American precision rifles. (say, Remington 700).

I admire how Russians can make something that works that a peasant with a bit of education
can keep working. My sports car and tractor comment was praise for a different way of
thinking.

For example, we have bought these for the Afghans.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...air-force.html

Then there was the Mig-25 that had one main purpose. However, we, using our biases,
thought was something else. We of course made the F-15 to counter it. Being a phormer
phantom phixer, I like air craft that have engines that could make a brick fly. Think
J79.

The Russian a/c was a single mode for the most part a/c but the F15 had to do everything
and do it well. That is why American warfighting tools are so darn expensive.

F15 seems to be a very successful airplane, as far as I can tell. So
is Mi-17 helicopter.

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