Moscow sends missiles to Belarus after Warsaw gets US warplanes

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MOSCOW - Russia has sent anti-aircraft systems to Belarus in retaliation against the delivery to Poland of US-made F-16 warplanes, a source in the Moscow-led Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) said on Friday.

“Anticipating the arrival of the F-16s in Poland, Russia has sent to Belarus four S-300 anti-aircraft systems which have already been put into service,” according to a source at the headquarters of the anti-aircraft defence alliance of the CIS, quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency.

[razors edge]

1. Mutually Assured Distribution. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. General Dynamics is pleased.

Perhaps Poland will order more of their humanitarian products and the Russian arms manufacturers can make some bucks responding.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Great. Let's all just blow each other to bits and get it over with.

*sigh*

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4. WTF does Poland need F-16 warplanes for anyway? n/t