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> A ballkanised Russia Means the total loss of Russian Army, in the most literal sense. In 1990s there were anecdotes how you could buy a tank from a corrupte

> A ballkanised Russia Means the total loss of Russian Army, in the most literal sense. In 1990s there were anecdotes how you could buy a tank from a corrupted Russian Army personnel. With balkanised Russia that would be a hard reality.

sofixa 5y ago
> Means the total loss of Russian Army, in the most literal sense Not really, every part would retain the troops and armaments located there, like how Ukraine inherited all long range strategic missile bombers ( Tu-160) of the Soviet Union, and how Transnistria inherited an army which was one of the main factors of them claiming independence and thus blocking Moldova's potential future as a part of Romania
- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  > like how Ukraine inherited all long range strategic missile bombers Along with hundreds of T-60/72 and all the infantry and vehicle munitions. But you can't bring Tu-160 to a local mafia dispute. You can bring a tank there if it's only a couple of hundred dollars and nobody /can/ stop you. > how Transnistria inherited an army Now imagine various small unaffiliated armies all the way to Ural.
  - sofixa 5y ago
    > Now imagine various small unaffiliated armies all the way to Ural. So a bloodbath? Like the breakup of Yugoslavia, just with almost no ethnical divisions, with nukes and much bigger scale?
    - justsomehnguy 5y ago
      > almost no ethnical divisions Give a man a neighbour and he would find a reason to hate him. [0] > Like the breakup of Yugoslavia Except even more fighting for the resources and for sure it would spill out to the neighbouring countries too. Though it would be a nice thought exercise to determine if Kaliningrad would become Königsberg. [0] The genie offers a wish but says that whatever the peasant gets his neighbor will get doubled. The peasant thinks for a bit and then says “Make me blind in one eye”. AFAIK there is a variant of that joke in many cultures.

sofixa 5y ago

> Means the total loss of Russian Army, in the most literal sense Not really, every part would retain the troops and armaments located there, like how Ukraine inherited all long range strategic missile bombers ( Tu-160) of the Soviet Union, and how Transnistria inherited an army which was one of the main factors of them claiming independence and thus blocking Moldova's potential future as a part of Romania

justsomehnguy 5y ago
> like how Ukraine inherited all long range strategic missile bombers Along with hundreds of T-60/72 and all the infantry and vehicle munitions. But you can't bring Tu-160 to a local mafia dispute. You can bring a tank there if it's only a couple of hundred dollars and nobody /can/ stop you. > how Transnistria inherited an army Now imagine various small unaffiliated armies all the way to Ural.
- sofixa 5y ago
  > Now imagine various small unaffiliated armies all the way to Ural. So a bloodbath? Like the breakup of Yugoslavia, just with almost no ethnical divisions, with nukes and much bigger scale?
  - justsomehnguy 5y ago
    > almost no ethnical divisions Give a man a neighbour and he would find a reason to hate him. [0] > Like the breakup of Yugoslavia Except even more fighting for the resources and for sure it would spill out to the neighbouring countries too. Though it would be a nice thought exercise to determine if Kaliningrad would become Königsberg. [0] The genie offers a wish but says that whatever the peasant gets his neighbor will get doubled. The peasant thinks for a bit and then says “Make me blind in one eye”. AFAIK there is a variant of that joke in many cultures.