On 3 Jan 2004 22:30:10 -0800, (Alejandro
Magno) wrote:

wrote:
and how much Western aid is required for Russia to accomplish all this...?
Never mind - we already know.
Gordon

America tried to steal Mig-15:
http://www.psywarrior.com/Moolah.html


Yeah and? They even got hold of an early Yak jet. So what?




America stole Mig-25:
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/...227_pilot.html


Actually, why would they need to?

http://www.af.mil/search/media.asp?m...28&mediaType=1





America trying to buy Russian S-300 (the Patriot is only for
photograps, it does not work):
http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2001/05/28/6071.html


If the Patriot didn't work they'd just scrap the thing. There have
been things in the past that were duds and got canned. As far as
trying to buy S-300s it's not to USE the things, it's to know better
how to defeat them. BTW did you know the S-300 uses TVM in the
guidance which they copied from Patriot?




Do you know that B-2 and F-117 are based on Russian technology ? They
even said it in the History Channel.

It sounds like they managed to mangle things (no surprise there).
What happened was that there was a Russian mathmatician or physicist
(I don't recall which) who came up with a way to calculate radar
cross-sections. He even took the idea to the Russian air force but
they said "what do we need with that?". Then the US got hold of the
paper and said essentially "this is what you do with it". So a
Russian came up with the original math but that's it. The US took it
and ran with it.



So, if America technology is so superior why they have tried to buy or
steal Russian equipment.


To better know the other side. Both sides did it. It had to do both
with seeing what the other guy had and using any gold nuggets they
happened to find in the process. Either side would be stupid NOT to
do it.



What is going on with the Space Shuttle ? If it were not for the
Russians the astrounats in the International Space Station would have
died.

You mean the Russian shuttle? It's a restraunt.