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Old June 30th, 2017, 11:39 PM
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Fallout Re: MBT's

I did see that as well, and I'll keep an eye out for it however, as you know I go beyond the military to the economic and I personally think they might be over reaching with the BMPT TERMINATOR-3. That's going to be a very expensive toy when compared to everything else Russia is trying to accomplish across the board. Their economy is struggling and crude and gas are down against ruble. They've already been adjusting downward on the total of T-14 tanks from initial buy estimates (Though really not that unusual for most projects including F-35.) and we might see the same for their other ARMATA based projects of which none are inexpensive by their and many other countries standards.

This really will be more about following "the dollars" to see if the BMPT TERMINATOR-3 comes to fruition or not. We do know the previous two TERMINATOR Mods have not as far as Russia is concerned.

If it does before 2025/2026 and given the slot situation, it'll set up for some interesting decision making at that time. Given the current production issues with the T-14 as already outlined, and someone giving me a bit of a handicap, I don't see it fully put into service before Oct. 2022.

Be bold or go home, and since I just got home, I'll just be bold.

For FYI...
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/mo...terminator.php
http://www.scout.com/military/warrio...ghting-vehicle


Again we'll see.

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Pat
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