to tony from toronto, the most funniest thing is, that these 35 years old russian modified bomb would have an explosion radius of minimum 10kilometers. Now imagine what would happen if the two SU-24 reached Tbilisi(Capitol) without beeing detected by georgian air defence systems which are quite 10 years old...

Luka Kawelaschwili, Bielefeld, Germany

Did anyone noticed at all? Police have cordoned off the area using special tape written in English? Obviously this is “carefully” staged incident and was directed at the Western mass media. Not many people speaks English there especially in that Village.. Just to clarify, Georgia has very old alphabet that doesn’t resemble any others. And not many people speak English.. It’s just pathetic!

Tom, London,

Funny that the first thing they did was destroying the "undisputable evidence" before it could even be looked at by the peacekeepers. But the best part is that they did it while people and reporters were standing a few meters away from it. Not a good idea to do this with a bomb that can clear everything within 1 km from the spot ... unless you know exactly that it's fake.

Tony, Toronto, Canada

2Felix Lobo,
The US invasion of Iraq caused deaths of 34 000 civilians only in 2006, according to the UN report. Does it call for immediate UN intervention?

Eugene, Moscow, Russia

Sir,
So the Russians have never used any type of bullying on any of the smaller surrounding nations? Pity the poor misunderstood Russian Bear.

SC, London, United Kingdom

President Saakashvili says his country is democratic and forgets that he won his country's poll at 97% approval rating. And he is another puppet authoritarian supported by US, other than Musharaff, Mubaraks etc. And if you see the photos of 'evidences' which are few & far between, i am sensing red mist being sprayed over. Media, please do not repeat another Iraq media fiasco. Think, the signs are there.

Joseph Koh, Port Dickson, Malaysia

To Tsonami, los angeles, CA :
I never stated wether I was or wasn't, it's an assumption you made. So you still haven't made your point, whereas mine was - don't jump to conclusions until you've sorted all the facts.

PS. Born at Lincoln Hosp, in LA - home boy

paul t., portland, oregon / usa

It is wrong to report that Georgians doesn’t have SU 24, Actually they do! In fact in early 90’s some of them were up for a sale, after Israel have upgraded their navigation system. Unfortunately the trend now in Georgia is to show the world that Western looking government is being Bullied by Russia, but at a closer look, and anyone who has been to Georgia will agree, Georgians have bullied their neighbours them self’s, even went to war against them, so please don’t tell me about their peaceful intentions. Jjust look at Abkhazia, Ossetia, Achara – all can’t be wrong. Inside the country itself it’s a total dictatorship run by President Saakashvili, it’s a known fact that private businesses have been confiscated and handed over to government officials, public press is muzzled and society oppressed. Much to say about democracy, welcome to Georgia.

Tom, London,

funny, dropping unworking bombs on potato fields is the most effective method to stir up panic to potato beetles :)
i believe, all such accusations and publications are simply infowar against Russia.

Mike, Moscow,

The credibility of you being an American from Portland, OR is also shoddy.

Tsonami, los angeles, CA

And your point?

paul t., portland, oregon / usa

My opinion is it is all a provocation of Tbilisi, of Mr Saakashvili who leads anti-Russia, pro-American policy working American financial bonuses.

Andrey, Moscow, Russia

It is not clear why it is of any concern
to British government at all. Because of the
Berezovski-Litvinenko raw?

C D K Ludvig, Gratz, Austria

Russian hi tech missiles that fail to explode - thank the Lord for Russian incompetence! The Russian military is a long way from being able to walk the walk but Putin likes to talk the talk and try to scare a few small countries that used to respect russia to come back to the fold. Its not happening

phil, london, uk

Russians are surely capable of such actions. And the georgians don't lie this time.

Anton, Kharkiv, Ukraine

This is just more provocative stirring by CIA stooge Sakaashvili - he's a rank amateur and busy turning Georga into a Ruritanian backwater, but his controllers have allowed him to delude himself into thinking he's a player on the world stage. It suits the US to have Russia portrayed as aggressors.

Batumi, London , UK

Georgian President Mr. Saakashvili is so telegenic, isn't he? His US-sponsored Columbia Univ. degree and Dutch wife prove he's a real follower of democratic values and international peace. Bad Russians did it, no doubt. Let's encircle them with missiles and radars... Er...is it a pure coincidence that many leaders of post-Soviet sovereign states have American citizenship?

Alexey, Moscow, Russia

2Felix Lobo,
The US invasion of Iraq caused deaths of 34 000 civilians, only in 2006 according to the UN report.
Does it call for immediate UN intervention?

Eugene, Moscow,

The Russian nation is going through serious identity crisis. There is no doubt that the insecurities that have mounted over the decades of communism are reflected in Russia's national policies. From rise of nationalism to failed foreign policies the Russian government struggles to bridge the free market economy with their unique mentality. This highly intelligent nation needs openness from the West . After all, the Russians have contributed to the European heritage great amount of cultural wealth. Only constructive thinking will succeed regarding all issues concerning Russia and it's neighbours. That day hasn't arrived yet . The West has nothing to loose by initiating new talks with Russia. I doubt that Russia , given a chance, would choose to act in irresponsible manner. In fact , the Russian nation would make sure that it's image would improve if given proper recognition. It is up to the West to recognize that there is more that unites us than divides .

Jacek Kulikowski, Los Angeles, California

Come on then, George from Greece - obviously, since the bombers and the missile were Russian-made, it must have been been the Russians, stupid me. Jesus.

Helen, Manchester, UK

Poor Russia... so weak and defenseless against the mighty Georgia-Estonia axis. Hopefully, Russians will be able to throw off the shackles of oppression that Georgians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Kalmyks, etc., etc. have bound them with for years.

Sounds like the only way to save Russia from these miscreants is to immediately annex them (and the rest of the universe) into Russia... ;-) Only then will the Russian children be safe (except maybe from their belly buttons being licked by their leaders).

Tsonami, los angeles, CA

2Felix Lobo,
The US invasion of Iraq caused deaths of 34 000 civilians only in 2006, according to the UN report. Does it call for immediate UN intervention?

Eugene, Moscow,

If it is true it would appear that Russia is backsliding into its old ways. Too bad.

Bruce Northwood, Washgington, D.C., USA

My, my, who did what to whom?

Dennis Reiley, Flint, MI

The credibility of you being an American from Portland, OR is also shoddy.

Tsonami, los angeles, CA

If this is indeed true it should end all illusions about Russia's repudiation of its totalitarian past and its new role as a 'responsible' global citizen...

Adrian Barr, London,

The Georgians have been watching too much '24', and think that they can fake an attack by the Russians so that action will be taken against Russia.

Or maybe the Russians did do it and it was meant to explode. Then the KGB would ahve spread rumours that it was terrorists inside Georgia, and that this clearly shows that the Georgian government is unable to control it's own country.

I don't know, but I hope some more info comes out soon, this is pretty exciting stuff.

Dave R, Wisbech, UK

Georgia wants us to believe that Russia hasn't any occupation exept giving its enemies a chance to harm itself. What's the use of throwing out the missiles, who can answer? Only for Georgia and its puppet-president to ask "Oh, the West defend and feed us. Let's be allies against the Giant and Terrible Russia!" The truth is everybody wants to live without a threat of war and any other disasters. There is only way it's to stop escalation of US missile system. Because even thanks to past nuclear weapons counter-balance between two military blocks we've lived in peace.

Temuujin, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

“I saw a plane in the sky,” Ilia Psuturi, a witness, said. “I then saw smoke rising from the ground up to the sky and only then did I hear the explosion. The plane then turned around.”

Get it straight - did the bomb explode or not? Somebody should have told this guy that the bomb didn't explode. His story would have sounded more credible.

Do you really believe that Russians would drop a bomb somewhere in the field in order to "stir up panic to weaken the stability of Georgia"? NONSENSE.

Anton, Denver,

It look phony at best. One ton(1000kg or 2200lbs) bomb did not explode is one.It does not show the russian motive to use a one ton bomb in a empty space near a small village.I agree with Paul t.,they must have these bombs in their stocks from soviet era.
It is one more events by a proxy in a tit for tat war between Russia and the west.
It was britain last week to fly its jets to trail Russian jets.Russians claim it was a routine exercise.
Russian cancelled BP's oil deals in Russia and British accused Russia of poisoning the russian Litvonenko(Brit now?).Then Brit expelled 4 russian diplomats.Russian in return respose expelled 4 british diplomats including the Trade Attache.
British expelled 4 Russian diplomats after the Putin-Bush Kennebunkport meeting and Putin's meeting with US delegate of Kissinger,Shultz,Sam Nunn,Chevron Chairmain and other big shots.
Now,it is fought at the proxies level between US and Russia.
Georgia,Ossetia,Azer,Uzbek,Turkman is GREAT GAME Battlefield.

kelly, greenville, SC

"The Russians are accused of dropping a 1,000kg (2,200lb) precision-guided missile ... The bomb landed in a potato field"

What was the target then, or were the Russians just trying to make chips?

Toby Martin, Munich, Germany

Its very disturbing and calls for immediate UN intervention,
Recently they (Russian) sent two subs to the North pole and sent their naval ships to Syria to be stationed there. Are heading back to the cold war days. The west and Europe should be very vigilant of their so called ally. They are not to be trusted.

Felix Lobo, New York, USA

The Russians are trying to intimidate the smaller nations

Meiraba, new delhi, India

Also, why a potato field? Such a silly target.

...or is it?

Phantas, bay area,

Few years ago Russian military airplaine with missles crashed 40 miles from Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. Moscow first denied the case, after few days stated that it was unarmed aircraft, finally they had just mouth shut.

In my mind political intensions are strongly overstated on those issues, it shows just a mess - bardak - in military's management and ignorance of officials.

Mathias, Tartu, Estonia

M. Saakashvili used to overstep the border. Just remember how several Russian military inteligence officers were paraded on Georgian TV last year. Moscow's behaviour is not better. If the policians cannot reach agreement over an issue, they likely flex their muscules. It's a common practice in the former Soviet repubclics. It's hardly possible to reach a compromise there since might is right and might goes before right.

Egor, Moscow,

"i think russians went too far and major world has to react !"
What is "major world"? Or it's the World's Major, i.e. USA? Please present the evidence (radar screenshots, radio coms records, etc), not the unexploded bomb with cyryllic letters. You can buy those anywhere in the former Eastern block.

Oleg, Toronto, Canada

Everyone, who believes in this story should know that today Russia has a bad image on the international scene, so bombing a small defenceless country is the worst thing that can be done for the Russia's reputation.

Sergey Karasev, Moscow, Russia

If one has an interest in the issue, than it is useful to know that georgians have previously several times accused russians in attacking their territory. All the time the evidences were so weak that it made the "attack" look as circus performance arranged by Georgia

Victor, Riga, Latvia

Boy, those georgians sure do miss being in the lime-light. It's amazing how the bomb managed not to explode, since they need "irrefutable evidence of Russia'a aggressive behavior". But the Georgian's also seem to have the same arsenal in their possesion from Soviet days, and the report was changed from 2 planes to 1. The credibilty of this story is shoddy. They should first inquire with the Russians about any patrols and look into the situation as mature adults, and quit crying "wolf" every time they're not in the headlines!

paul t., portland, oregon / usa

i think russians went too far and major world has to react !

george, athens, greece