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Feanor · 08-08-2007, 01:52 AM

Technically Southern Ossetia is part of Georgia, but de-facto they have been independent for years after winning a war of independence against the Georgians. Same goes for the Abkhazians.

RIA Novosti - World - S.Ossetia's leader presses to join Russia

Apparently the two regions want to become part of Russia. The reason Russia is reluctant to allow this is because it would set a precedent for the Kosovo situation. In reality both of those regions (Ab. and S. Ossetia) are independent nations with stable government systems, international economic ties with Russia, and each other, and a standing army.

EDIT: a Russian news website newsru.com has posted an article that the missile is a KH-58 antiradar missile fired by an Su-24. Heres a link to the article in Russian, and a link to the missiles info.
Íîâîñòè NEWSru.com :: Ãðóçèíñêèå ýêñïåðòû óòâåðæäàþò, ÷òî ñáðîøåííàÿ íà òåððèòîðèþ ñòðàíû ðàêåòà ðîññèéñêîãî ïðîèçâîäñòâà
Raduga Kh-58 (AS-11 Kilter)

08-08-2007, 01:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
Feanor Banished Join Date: 06-12-07 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,385 Country:	Technically Southern Ossetia is part of Georgia, but de-facto they have been independent for years after winning a war of independence against the Georgians. Same goes for the Abkhazians. RIA Novosti - World - S.Ossetia's leader presses to join Russia Apparently the two regions want to become part of Russia. The reason Russia is reluctant to allow this is because it would set a precedent for the Kosovo situation. In reality both of those regions (Ab. and S. Ossetia) are independent nations with stable government systems, international economic ties with Russia, and each other, and a standing army. EDIT: a Russian news website newsru.com has posted an article that the missile is a KH-58 antiradar missile fired by an Su-24. Heres a link to the article in Russian, and a link to the missiles info. Íîâîñòè NEWSru.com :: Ãðóçèíñêèå ýêñïåðòû óòâåðæäàþò, ÷òî ñáðîøåííàÿ íà òåððèòîðèþ ñòðàíû ðàêåòà ðîññèéñêîãî ïðîèçâîäñòâà Raduga Kh-58 (AS-11 Kilter) Last edited by Feanor : 08-08-2007 at 03:02 AM.