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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts) Fri Mar 11, 2022, 12:33 PM Mar 2022

Ukraine has proven something beyond any doubt. [View all]

In a conventional war, America, NATO, would kick the shit out of Russia. The Russian military is not impressive at all.

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Ukraine has proven something beyond any doubt. [View all] fightforfreedom Mar 2022 OP

From what we have seen thus far it does appear that the Russian military is a very brittle Sherman A1 Mar 2022 #1

I'm left wondering whether the same isn't true of their nuclear arsenal's capabilities. sop Mar 2022 #2

I recently posted we should threaten to move more nuclear weapons to Europe. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #6

And Russia... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #18

You left out the second part of the story... WarGamer Mar 2022 #24

Some military analysts have doubts about Russia's nuclear arsenal as well. zuul Mar 2022 #7

Everybody's nuclear arsenal should be suspect in terms of reliability. NNadir Mar 2022 #11

Hi NNadir. You have been summoned in this thread: zuul Mar 2022 #13

Yeah, they've probably been buying Acme crap on ebay. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #16

LOL! 2naSalit Mar 2022 #20

Bazinga! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #30

I've been thinking the same thing. Haggard Celine Mar 2022 #12

Putin's biggest mistake BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #3

He really blew it. He wanted the world to be stunned with his military strength. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #35

Instead he has shown BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #38

Amazing isn't it? His goal was to shift world power. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #40

And now newdayneeded Mar 2022 #4

Obscene amounts of money spent on our military and we can do nothing to save Ukraine. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #36

That's why putin is recruiting syrians AlexSFCA Mar 2022 #5

another reason for importing Syrians WhiteTara Mar 2022 #8

Russia is running low on body bags world wide wally Mar 2022 #17

I thought they eschewed body bags in WhiteTara Mar 2022 #21

Just a euphemism world wide wally Mar 2022 #22

Those require fuel which they probably don't have. hunter Mar 2022 #31

Right that is one reason Hitler stopped using field crematoriums. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #37

It could also be about Russian soldiers willingness to kill Ukrainians Silent3 Mar 2022 #23

The Great Russian Army has to recruit foreign mercenaries to fight its war dalton99a Mar 2022 #9

Are We Sure RobinA Mar 2022 #10

That has been a thought in back of my mind. PufPuf23 Mar 2022 #19

NONE of their 21st Century hardware has been used... WarGamer Mar 2022 #25

Likely because most of it is for show relayerbob Mar 2022 #27

50% of total active forces were sent into UKR. One could say the north is fighting unconventional uponit7771 Mar 2022 #32

We'll all be sorry when North Korea takes Moscow. hunter Mar 2022 #14

The gaping holes in their strategic planning Enoki33 Mar 2022 #15

This statement says to me that if putin were to engage nato, the defensive response Volaris Mar 2022 #26

I suspect most of the planning is already done. relayerbob Mar 2022 #28

Not in Donbas near the RU border, they're getting they're asses kicked there too. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #33

Totally disagree. James48 Mar 2022 #29

Correct, but that forces is fractured now. 100 KIA a day (that's the conservative number split in... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #34

Actually, i DO not think the Russian army even wanted to fight? (that's why pooty fired his generals bluestarone Mar 2022 #39