These "boosted" troops are there for about 3-4 years, since the 2nd Chechnya war ends. From time to time russians do demonstrative military exercises in response to Georgian demonstrative military maneuvers or usual Georgian president promises to annihilate these separatists... but thats it. Nothing new for the last 5 years.Tension is high between Russia and Georgia as Russia is boosting up troops around Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
source: bbc/europe
Btw, Mig-29 in russian service cant carry missiles under wing tips. Seems this contradicts to the video.Thats a positive Mig 29 Of course. Btw what has the drone see that made the russians shoot it?
PLus thats 1 really awesome video I've seen from a very long time as well!
That is a Mig29. I notice about the missile too, but i think its a confusion, coz the missile is very fast off of the rails and the video quality is poor... giving a look as if it came from the wingtip. The missile should be a R73, which is always positioned at the outermost wing pylon of the Mig29.Btw, Mig-29 in russian service cant carry missiles under wing tips. Seems this contradicts to the video.
Yet still, it would be an interesting acrobatics to watchThat was an option when a fighter costed $100.000, and if there was a scratch on the plane after, it could be fixed with a sledge-hammer.
1. The only single fact everyone agree - spy plane was shot down.L-39 photo. There's no 2 tailed variant.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...itano--Image-of-L39-at-Santa-Rosa-airshow.jpg
"AD system" can mean anything - from Igla manpad to F-22 interceptor. Everything what can affect air targets - is included in Air Defense System.Interestingly enough I recall seeing that when the claim that the UAV was shot down by abkhazian AD systems was first made, georgia denied that the UAV existed. Only when wreckage was publically demonstrated, they changed their story and displayed the video. What is also interesting is that after the video surfaced, the abkhazians changed their claim, and now said it was a L-39 jet in service with the Abkhazian air force that shot it down. It seems like both sides are in the wrong.
PVO in russian means both aircrafts and ground-based defense. For example, Mig-31 were always part of USSR PVO system. Mig-29 - always part of airforce.Abkhazian PVO implies specific assets, primarily SAMs and SPAAGs.
If true, this will be quite bad for Georgian publicity.New incident of a drone shot down in Abkhazia and as the story says
"According to Itar-Tass, it was downed at 1252 GMT on Sunday."
here is the story in BBC today
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7382969.stm
Georgia do these threating postures every 3 months, so i dont expect anything serious out of it.And more and more reports of Georgian troops massing near abkhazia. Georgian claims they can capture Abkhazia in under 3 hours, etc. additional CIS peacekeepers moved in.... not looking good.