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Russia’s Defense Ministry is using reindeer photos to send messages to the world
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:22 am
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:22 am
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A first glance, the Russian military’s latest promotional photos are hard to take seriously: Released on Jan. 24, handout images of infantry drills in Russia’s Murmansk Oblast region feature troops bundled in all-white, toting white guns and cozying up to local fauna, including huskies and reindeer. The exercises pictured do not make clear what kind of modern military conflict would require a sturdy reindeer. This theatrical posturing is nothing new for the Russian military, which performed a similar exercise in the Murmansk region just about a year ago. But it’s not to be taken lightly.
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Russia has used reindeer in combat before, particularly during World War II, where they were used as pack animals and helped the Russian military move supplies and people across terrain that wasn’t suitable for mechanized transports. There are even memorials in Russia to the reindeer who have served. These handout photos, silly as they seem, carry a clear message from Russia. The reindeer and wooden sleighs might be hokey, but at least they’re local—a little reminder about who knows the chilly Arctic best.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:24 am to RedRifle
smart, they can fly and they can be used on the ground
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:26 am to RedRifle
Help me out. What am I suppose to get from this?
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:28 am to RedRifle
If they're so smart, why is that dog sled not white?
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:28 am to RedRifle
Don't let PETA see this. Oh wait, it might be funny to see their protest in Murmansk being cold as f*ck.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:30 am to RedRifle
Stark reminder that these Chinamen are well versed in a mall theater of warfare.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:36 am to upgrayedd
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Chinamen
Wouldn't it be easier just to walk/run?
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:39 am to CoolHand
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Help me out. What am I suppose to get from this?
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
Good advice for life, and RISK.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:41 am to upgrayedd
Maybe to take back Alaska? They believe we screwed them out of Alaska based on an intentional nuance of the language regarding "lease" vs "sale", and that we never paid them all the gold that they were due - this might be an oversimplification, but some say that is why Alaskan statehood was hurried through in 1959 after many years of the idea foundering about. This is, I'm sure an oversimplification.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:43 am to CoolHand
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Help me out. What am I suppose to get from this?
That its cold as frick there and they will go as far as breaking out the reindeer to kill enemies
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:43 am to RedRifle
Rudolph the Red-Army Reindeer was always Ole Saint Nikolai's favorite.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
Who gives a shite? We have cold weather troops. Ours don't need reindeer.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 9:47 am to CoolHand
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Help me out. What am I suppose to get from this?
The Fremen beat the Harkonnens.
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