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Raiyven · 04-02-2007, 07:33 AM

That's interesting, tell him to come on by

I don't know jack about Soviet naval equipment, but always willing to be educated ;D

I wouldn't be surprised if he's having difficulty with more modern equipment; the Putin administration has in many ways curtailed the flow of information (sensitive and non) in the last few years in a very 1930s way. Censorship being a big one, but aside I think one of my instructors mentioned that access to archived, declassified information is more difficult (though not impossible) now as opposed to, say, 10 years ago.

If he's interested I could ask some of my contacts in the department here about getting hold of some of the information; we have a number of military historians here who might have documents from before the current period of increased censorship

04-02-2007, 07:33 AM	#18
Raiyven Big Bad Thread Boogeyman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burlington, ON. Age: 42 Posts: 406	That's interesting, tell him to come on by I don't know jack about Soviet naval equipment, but always willing to be educated ;D I wouldn't be surprised if he's having difficulty with more modern equipment; the Putin administration has in many ways curtailed the flow of information (sensitive and non) in the last few years in a very 1930s way. Censorship being a big one, but aside I think one of my instructors mentioned that access to archived, declassified information is more difficult (though not impossible) now as opposed to, say, 10 years ago. If he's interested I could ask some of my contacts in the department here about getting hold of some of the information; we have a number of military historians here who might have documents from before the current period of increased censorship __________________ "For in that we are both especially daring and especially thorough in calculating what we attempt, we can truly be distinguished from other men, for whom ignorance is boldness but calculation brings hesitancy. Rightly would they be judged strongest in spirit who recognize both dangers and pleasures with utmost clarity and are on neither count deterred from risks." - Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War: 2.40, "The Funeral Oration of Perikles" (431 BCE)