On 4 Jan 2004 14:59:24 -0800,
(Alejandro Magno) wrote:

"Schelkunchik" wrote
It sounds to me you either believe in Santa Claus or LSD.

I am not American.

Either way, Russian hardware has never performed up to expectations in real
battle.

Kursk ?

The best tanks of WW2 were Soviet and German. Even the French had
better tanks than America.

Nonesense. The predominant requirement was for something that
could be punched out like confetti. The US understood that better
than anyone else. That was true for several otehr weapon stystems
too.

Peter Skelton