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Old 10-12-2017, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Olefin View Post
Oh I know - its not a very good book - but it does give a good reason for having the Soviet naval forces there to fight the Virginia in Satellite Down - thats how the Mexicans on the West Coast ended up getting Soviet equipment - i.e. why are a force of oil powered Soviet destroyers are all the way into the Gulf of Mexico - well that would explain it if they were delivering equipment for the Division Cuba and got into a losing gunfight in the process and the Mexicans stole the equipment to use it themselves
But the Soviets or Cuba could have delivered equipment to Mexico before the Twilight War starts as well. Certainly the Mexicans would have needed better or heavier armour and weapons than what they had in real life to have had a chance against American forces once they cross the U.S. border.
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