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The main reason is that Russian military is rotten to the core, corrupt and has zero discipline (this has been the case for hundreds of years, probably due to m

• sacnoradhq 3y ago
  An associate of mine was a USAF Major who came into possession of a Soviet Belarussian MiG-21. He stashed it in a hangar in Germany and told absolutely no one outside his inner circle of war buddies about. The only person he ever showed if off to was a fairly high-up Russian who he mistakenly thought was "cool". Guess how long it was before the cockpit avionics were stolen, rendering it un-refurbishable? Sigh Never trust a Russian officer farther than you can throw them unless their name was Stanislav Petrov.
  • JuanPosadas 3y ago
    > Never trust a Russian officer Doesn't seem like a good story to backup this "lesson". What would happen if you showed a US Officer a (possibly missing) US Fighter jet in a hanger? Never trust a US Officer?
• konart 3y ago
  I'd say it reason number two. Reason number one would be that serving in military is viewed as good old "conscript obligation"[1]. Or as a way to get money (in some regions serving was the only way to get decent money. some people would actually give bribes to get a contract). At the same time you learn nothing while in service (unless you are part of some elite force wich is a different story and they are few in number anyway). A classic thing about russian military: out of a platoon only 2-3 guys are often throw grenades during their time. Only to show them off before some general. While others just mind their own business. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Em...