New SAMs Mean New-Style Wars

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New reports now contend that Moscow lost as many as eight aircraft—one of them to fratricide—during the conflict with Georgia, despite repeated Russian defense ministry claims that only four were destroyed. Confirmed losses were three Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” ground-attack aircraft, along with a...

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