Re: [GZG] [Real World] Russian Mig 29 shoots down Georgian UAV

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Adrian1 <al.ll@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> For those who consider the US not to be a possible, remember there are
>  several US airbases within 400 miles (the range of a good ASM) so
their
>  CAP patrols would fly this far out.
>
>  My knowledge of "Russia" is rather old - I was taught that it was
>  everything (as a very rough guide) East of Poland, North of
Afghanistan
>  and West of China.  Since when was Georgia a seperate country. 
Wasn't
>  Stalin Georgian?

Since the fUSSR broke up nearly two decades ago..

Oh, and prior to that from about the beginning of recorded history
until the 19th century.  Georgia was a civilized country long before
the Danes and Swedes sailed down the Dnieper to start civilizing the
Slav hunter-gatherer tribes.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again. We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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