adeptitus said:But you're not denying that the US can get ahold of T-90 components, through Russian military personnel stealing & selling them to scrap/arms dealers, no?
In post #45 & #48 of this thread, you doubt the existance of T-80 and T-90 on US military base. I think I've posted enough links to T-80's for sale here. I'll also agree with your opinion that the US didn't obtain T-90 (or parts of) by legal means, which is the point of my article.
We need to stop looking backward to take pride in inventing the paper or building the great wall. That was a long time ago and the world has changed.
T-80's for sale...that's not t-90 and it could very much be scam's. If not in Fort Irwin while they traing agaist OPFOR us troops use VisMOds (visually modified). If they have sooo many t80's out there and for cheap why don't they buy this tanks then? I mean a production line of soviet spares comes at a fraction of the price a sheridan needs to be operationnal. So please explain that to me? Fact is that there was a time when asswipe eltsin sold almost all what he could in order to appear friendly, but now it's a whole different story.