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Russia has literally won wars because the opposition underestimated how much Russia was willing to engage in scorched earth tactics.
by Iefthandrule 5y ago
Russia has literally won wars because the opposition underestimated how much Russia was willing to engage in scorched earth tactics.
- avmich 5y agoRussia - as a state - lost to its own part, Chechnya. It couldn't invade Ukraine as planned, splitting off "Malorossiya". 2021 isn't 2008, or even 2014. Nobody's going to fight like it's Great Fatherland War, no matter how many times "can repeat" is repeated.
- Iefthandrule 5y agoI was not referencing the invasion of Ukraine however.
- vbezhenar 5y agoChechen terrorists fought for independence. Chechnya is part of Russia, so Russia won that war. They did not plan to invade Ukraine, they planned to provide the conditions for fair voting in Crimea and they did that, which allowed for Crimea to join Russian Federation.
- baq 5y agodriving voters off the territory you plan to hold a vote on is a well known tactic for centuries at this point, as is getting your voters onto the territory you want annexed with a 'fair vote'.
- caskstrength 5y ago> They did not plan to invade Ukraine, they planned to provide the conditions for fair voting in Crimea and they did that, which allowed for Crimea to join Russian Federation. What is this brazen propaganda of Russian militarism doing on hn?!
- hungryforcodes 5y agoDon't even mention Afghanistan.
- vbezhenar 5y agoAfghanistan is a tough nut. US failed there as well.
- CamperBob2 5y agoThey're welcome to scorch their own piece of Earth. LEO belongs to the civilized world. This is nothing but vandalism... an infantile nation acting out without fear of punishment.
- tenpies 5y agoWhy does the civilized world allow Starlink then? They've proven - that with just 1,500 objects in orbit - can cause 50% of all close encounters in orbit[1]. They plan to have 10X more objects in space soon and will probably account for 90+% of close calls by then, and 100% of collisions. This is Elon "we're training our alpha product in a production environment, thank you for dying to train the neural net" Musk we're talking about. Do think this darling of the "civilized" West gives a single nanoparticle of care to scorching space when there's shares to be pumped? --- [1] https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-collision-alerts-on-the-rise https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-collision-al...
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoSpacex already had a staring contest with ESA, or whatever this was about, it does not instill me with confidence: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/09/02/spacex-refused-to-move-a-starlink-satellite-at-risk-of-collision-with-a-european-satellite/?sh=1586d6b51f62 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/09/02/s...
- CamperBob2 5y agoYeah, right. "They've proven" for values of "They" equal to "Starlink competitors." The fact is, regulators are satisfied with Starlink's plans for both collision avoidance and end-of-life deorbit. There is always somebody with an axe to grind. Musk is not motivated to turn LEO into an orbiting junkyard. Of course, to your point, neither are the Russians, yet here we are...
- aaronblohowiak 5y agoStarlink is really low so atmos drag would take care of it pretty quick, no?