Here is one bright spot of irony in the Russia-Georgia conflict. The Russians are using SU-25 "Frogfoot" bombers to bomb the very factory that manufactured those bombers. The factory happens to reside in the Georgian capitol of Tblisi.
The best part of the story is that the Russians are trying to implicate the Ukrainians by saying they provided Georgia more advanced anti-air missiles. The Russains seem to think that their 30 year old "Backfire" bombers shouldn't be so easy to shoot down. Considering that they have been trying to export those since 1992 and had NO takers (even the Chinese) it's more likely the poor thing just gave up. They're fast and have good range but that's all they've got going for them.
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