Real Tanks Defeat Fake Goods

Ah, the Russians. As an American growing up in the Age of Reagan 80's, the Soviet Russians made for the perfect villains - powerful, ruthless, cunning. Armed with nuclear weapons and commanding an enormous Red Army, the Communist hordes would stop at nothing to defeat the West and subvert democracy under the yolk of Lenin and Marx. Or so my teenage mind believed.

With a new Cold War of sorts starting following Russia's partial annexation of Georgia, it stands to reason that the Russians might want to encourage activities to undermine the capitalism of their old foes. That part might be true, but we see that counterfeiting harms the Russians, too. The Class 46 blog shows some photos of powerful Russian T-80 tanks rolling over unspecified counterfeit goods. The goods, ground into dust under the 42-ton tank, never stood a chance.

Now that's some law enforcement.