Like a lot of advancements of the cold war USSR was at the forefront of research in math, physics, chemistry, biology etc but never had the money or the industry to apply it properly, especially near the end (c. ’85)

When the Soviet union collapsed, USA got a very good look at all that research, which is partly what was responsible by the boom in technology during the 90s. All those iPods, genemod foods, stealth airplanes, and space stations are largely a product of Soviet work

A lot of people dont want to admit it but I like to call them as I see them

I hope we are friends with the Russians in the 21st century, even if we got off to a bad start

“What is to prevent Russia’s new best friend, Iran”
Iran is not Russias friend, lets be clear about that. The Russian Federation is simply selling all of their old military technology (and there are heaps) and hoping to get a stable economy and a much better military in exchange

They need the money honey

And lets face it, US is practically giving advanced weapons away to Iraq