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> if even an operation to smuggle few dozen gets busted. Right, one such operation failed, but there's many more which succeeded, not to mention all the Wester
by sn_master 4y ago
> if even an operation to smuggle few dozen gets busted.
Right, one such operation failed, but there's many more which succeeded, not to mention all the Western stuff they confiscated from the Ukrainians (verified through videos they posted).
And you're right, it's not realistic for them to outfit thousands of soldiers with that gear, but certainly enough for small groups of special forces, but their real problem isn't bypassing sanctions, but their own corruption which made them not have such gear long before the war started in the first place.
- mannerheim 4y agoI would be very surprised if any of the Western optics the Russians have that have been captured are American. Or at least the advanced optics available for sale in America but under export controls. Like I said, this isn't hard stuff to keep track of.