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Re:A KGB agent shipped a Sidewinder missile by mail to Mosco... by close04 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:26AM (#19044517)
The use of ratio can be a bit misleading. But in this context positive ratio means positive difference between kills and losses. A 1:1000 ratio for example is mathematically positive but would translate to 1 - 1000 = -999. Negative "ratio".
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Re:A KGB agent shipped a Sidewinder missile by mail to Mosco... by tomc1985 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:40PM (#19046730)
The article is full of technical terms for warfighting. It's only misleading in the sense that technical writing is sometimes misleading to outsiders.
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Re:A KGB agent shipped a Sidewinder missile by mail to Mosco... by close04 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:47PM (#19048669)
You're right, that's what I wanted to say with "misleading", using a less common meaning in this context.
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