Although Georgia has not been able to join NATO, it has been able to link it's air defense radars with NATOs air defense system. NATO engineers and technicians recently devised ways to link the signals from the Russian made radars used in Georgia, to the monitoring systems used by the NATO air defense network. The signals from Georgia are sent by satellite to Europe, where NATO air defense controllers can see, in real time, what is going on over Georgia. This makes it more difficult for the Russians to violate Georgian air space, then lie about it.
The post also says that NATO is shipping arms, including "portable" anti-aircraft missiles (hand-held?), to Georgia.
We've pulled Georgia a little more tightly into the West. Russia has told the world that their neighbors must be slavish client states or enemies. They are coming to realize that the Russians are awful enough and weak enough for neighbors to prefer enemy status.
And we'll know if the Russians are mucking around in the air over Georgia. And gain intelligence on their capabilities in the area in the process.
Explain to me again what Russia won in this war?
