Seems like they corrupted it away. The market won't innovate as well if it's not technological merit but money under a table that decides which company gets a d

Seems like they corrupted it away. The market won't innovate as well if it's not technological merit but money under a table that decides which company gets a defense deal, and when a considerable portion of that money is embezzled. And you can't get as much military resources built with these obstacles. Maintenance becomes non-existent, or done only for show. Etc. Russian military is also brainwashed with their pseudo-scientific geopolitical propaganda, your army simply can't work well if it thinks that bullshit is true, just look at the idiotic "tactics" they're using right now.