Recent content by marconi

This is An-26(some say AN-30) allegedly shot down by the new 9К333 "Verba" over Slovyansk about a month ago.

I've heard they're looking for victims' credit cards so if anyone knows relatives of passengers tell them to block their bank accounts.

That guy is a commader of don cossacks, you can't expect logic from someone who does historical reconstruction 24/7. Look at his clothes! As to conspiracy theories that have poped up, my favorite is the one that claims Ukrainian forces were trying to shoot down Putin's plane but missed and hit...

There is an official youtube channel of SBU, ukrainian inept son of KGB, were they keep radio intercepts of rebels. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyZYgSXdyw And this one shows that russians brought Grail in Ukraine one day before the incident: View...

Putin and his minister of defense claim that armed people in Crimea are not Russian soldiers.

Thanks, GrauGeist. Another question then. President Yanukovich fled Kiev on 21th. Manifestations in Sevastopol started on 26th and Crimean Parliament was ceased the next day.Helicopters and cargo planes were firs witnesed on 28th. Is it possible to plan and organize an operation like this so fast?

Hey, everyone! I haven't been here for a long time, but this is the only military forum I am registered to, so I'd like to ask you a question. Russian forces in Crimea don't wear any Russian insignia and deny their affiliation to Russia. Does this makes them unlawful combatants or mercenaries...

Here's an intresting article found on internets.I just thought it should be interesting to you folks. Churchill: execute Hitler without trial Newly released government documents from 1942 reveal the war cabinet’s debates From The Sunday Times January 1, 2006 WINSTON CHURCHILL wanted to...

Brosnan became Bond only in 90s. The film you're talking about is "Octopussy"(1983) with Roger Moore as Bond, and the airbase by the way was located in Western Germany.:rolleyes: Yeah, I'm a Bond fan.

Strange that this one wasn't mentioned here: KRUPP KUGELPANZER - Mysterious German Ball Tank

Ok, I remember ther was a thread about hypothetic war with Western Allies vs. SU, but couldn't find it so I created this one.If moderators wish they can move this thread wherever it should be. Here is a link to a photocopy of the "Operation Unthinkable" - UK plan of war with SU: "Operation...

Actually her boyfriend was 18 if you read that article carefully. Omg she hurted him? Like, BDSM?

Video says yards, not metres.

Well, by the Soviet tradition all the best stuff was in Moscow, then Leningrad, then what's left was given to capitols of soviet republics (i.e. Kiev, Minsk and so on). So, if you really want to see something intresting you'll have to go to Moscow. In this case Central Air Force Museum -...

Click as a mouse click or clique as a group of people? Is it some kind of problem in Scottish schools?