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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 4091865" data-attributes="member: 45773">I&#039;m not sure who you were trying to quote but that wasn&#039;t me.Russian hypersonic missiles are proving to have a far more powerful bark than they do bite.&nbsp; I&#039;m curious if China&#039;s are any more effective.&nbsp; Patriot batteries have been able to take down several.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read that Putin is more than a little miffed over that.I don&#039;t really care much about what Russia and Ukraine do with each other.&nbsp; I&#039;m just tired of supporting it with American tax dollars (in cash or equipment).&nbsp; Frankly, I&#039;m OK with Ukraine destroying as much of the Russian military as they can.&nbsp; It&#039;s gonna take Russia a long time to come back from this.I remember the Cold War days when I was in Japan.&nbsp; We were fed all the propaganda about how formidable Russia was.&nbsp; I always felt like they weren&#039;t nearly as strong as they were being portrayed by the politicians just based on information I was privy to in the AF.&nbsp; When Viktor Belenko defected and wrote his book it pretty much confirmed what I suspected.&nbsp; Russia was more like a fussy little cub instead of a vicious bear.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say they don&#039;t have capabilities...I just don&#039;t think they&#039;re as capable as a lot of people think.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 4091865, member: 45773"] I'm not sure who you were trying to quote but that wasn't me. Russian hypersonic missiles are proving to have a far more powerful bark than they do bite. I'm curious if China's are any more effective. Patriot batteries have been able to take down several. I've read that Putin is more than a little miffed over that. I don't really care much about what Russia and Ukraine do with each other. I'm just tired of supporting it with American tax dollars (in cash or equipment). Frankly, I'm OK with Ukraine destroying as much of the Russian military as they can. It's gonna take Russia a long time to come back from this. I remember the Cold War days when I was in Japan. We were fed all the propaganda about how formidable Russia was. I always felt like they weren't nearly as strong as they were being portrayed by the politicians just based on information I was privy to in the AF. When Viktor Belenko defected and wrote his book it pretty much confirmed what I suspected. Russia was more like a fussy little cub instead of a vicious bear. That's not to say they don't have capabilities...I just don't think they're as capable as a lot of people think. [/QUOTE]

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