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Sure and in the interim, they can lose $13,000,000 missile systems, $20 million jets and divisions of tanks.
by RationPhantoms 5y ago
Sure and in the interim, they can lose $13,000,000 missile systems, $20 million jets and divisions of tanks.
- ncmncm 5y agoBy all accounts, those are obsolete. Putin might have needed to "use them up" in order to get his people on board for replacing them. Franklin Roosevelt had the Navy's obsolete battleships all parked in Pearl Harbor when war was threatening in the Pacific. The all-important aircraft carriers were far away. Everyone in the US Navy understood how a successful attack would run, because it had been rehearsed twice already by the Navy itself.
- powerslacker 5y agoInteresting, never heard this take before.
- starwind 5y ago“Obsolete” is about all the Russian defense industry can produce. Russia’s defense industry has struggled to produce modern fighters and equipment. Russia touted the new Su-57 fighter and T-14 Armata tank but have hardly delivered any. Most of what their defense industry can build is upgraded versions of Soviet-designed fighters and armor
- mediumsmart 5y agoso true - here is one of their obsolete drones throwing a firecracker: https://twitter.com/politblogme/status/1499868149776322563?s=20&t=vnDeToh4uVeh8u0F_pV7dw https://twitter.com/politblogme/status/1499868149776322563?s...
- verdverm 5y agoThe Russians have always been more tolerant of military losses, both equipment and people.
- mardifoufs 5y agoI've yet to see sources on those alleged multiple Russian aircraft losses. There is only 1 that I think has been proven and it happened today.
- mediumsmart 5y agoWhat about the imperial Tie fighter they lost on the highway? https://twitter.com/politblogme/status/1499874233085792263?s=20&t=vnDeToh4uVeh8u0F_pV7dw https://twitter.com/politblogme/status/1499874233085792263?s...
- simonblack 5y ago:) I seem to remember a $120 million F35 falling into the South China Sea a couple of weeks back. Easy come, easy go.