par far wrote:If Moscow times and St. Petersburg Anti-Russian, then why don't the government of Russia shut them down.
Because contrary to what ignorants like TR1 says ,there is freedom of press in Russia ..
And freedom of expression is respected.. albeit violence ,extremism and gay bullshit propaganda on public
and child porn is censored however for obvious reasons..
Freedom of expression is a necessary ,and it do more harm not having it ,than having it. The last thing
people wants in a government that fully control every word and opinion that is told in the media.. The government
can use their own media to counter any argument or lie being told about them. So is not that bad.. as long the government is aware that needs to counter any lie being told against them.
In TR1 lovely Ukraine ,which USA sponsor and he consider "the pillar of freedom" "democracy "and "modern society", Any Russian media is banned for being Russian. and political parties that shows any positive view of Russia banned. Pure Fascism Dictatorship Tyranny with complete censorship on the media is what happens there. In US there is freedom of press.. too.. but that will change.. lol This is why Senators like Dianne Finstein is pushing for a law to
bann any media that they consider as propaganda.. against them.. lol
About your question about difference between Russian snipers and NATO snipers.. you need to see things from
the point of view of Needs. Russian army develop weapons according to their needs.. Since they are not in the business of assassinating Presidents or overthrowing governments ,they have no need for such special super long range sniper rifles.. Any NATO special force who dares to enter in Russia with a 3km range sniper rifle will be blow up in a thousand of pieces with artillery or with a rocket grenade with 5km range with laser optic.
NATO long range sniper rifles are only good for special missions behind enemy lines.. but only in third world nations and in hollywood movies that there is not good security in undeveloped nations. like In africa or middle east. 3km range sniper rifles are useless in a frontal war..because there artillery will be shelling your positions from 30km to 100km away. and this is not counting drones and airforce.war between NATO and US,, not even Assault rifles will be used..but heavy weapons. From very long ranges.. No sane sniper will remain on his position if notice a tank moving to its direction. Its anti personnel shells will wipe him.. even if he hide behind heavy rocks. All said 3km range sniper rifles is a niche market.. for very limited operations.. This is why the regular armies don't use such weapons..there is very little use in real combat. in the time you kill one from a 3km distance.. you can kill 10 with a dragonuv from closer one. Long range sniper rifles are only good special missions deep inside enemy territory ,but useless for a real war or against a country with strong security.. There will be no apaches helicopters like you see in movies to evacuate the special forces snipers firing behind enemy lines.
IF the Russian army goes into a war with any NATO country and they depend on their snipers skills to win.. they are doing something really wrong. Same is true against ISIS.. if 50,000 terrorist somehow manage to being smuggled by Ukraine or georgia into Russia..lets say using an underground long tunnel across border, then Russia will not use snipers to slowly kill them one by one.. but Tanks and helicopters and airforce and level to the ground any building they hide. killing Faster is better..For Hostage situations they also not needed either.. you don't fire from 3km in such events. but form a building next to the one the hostages are. I like the top snipers rifles with 3km-4km range ..they are cool in video games.. but in real world is very limited their use. Only in africa and middle east undeveloped nations for hit and run short missions. If you look at all those stories of NATO success using 3km range modern sniper rifle. it will be against Talibans or in IRAQ invasion or somalies in africa. All those rifles are cool.. but their use is very limited in the best case in a modern war. They are special forces weapons ,for behind enemy lines missions in underdeveloped countries. But also for sports they are popular. They could be used however in any nation for assassination missions of political leaders if you can get a fool to do the job..and do not mind him to be arrested later. This happened in Venezuela in a failed attempt to assasinate chavez.. Russian technology saved him.. because detected a lazer and the sniper was arrested.
Such weapons to fire at 3km are not aim and shoot.. it requires some time for shooting at any target. Not many use in modern warfare. If Russia ever needs to assassinate an enemy like an spy they simply can use radioactive poison ,so is more painful the death .
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