Archived Don't buy the Hype: Russia's military is much weaker than Putin wants us to think. (vox.com)
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Archived Don't buy the Hype: Russia's military is much weaker than Putin wants us to think. (vox.com)
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[–] Somali 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
Well thank god vox cleared that up. For a moment there I thought Putin was doing whatever he wanted in Syria and Ukraine was being held together by a peace accord he sketched on a napkin a year ago.
On to war with Russia then!
[–] KarlWayne 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
I love that our MSM media keeps promoting the narrative of Russia being weak. It's not like they were able to roll over Syria in less than a month. Let's not forget the whole Crimea/Ukraine situation, they looked pretty strong there too. Remind me again, who controls Crimea? How about Assad? We wanted him out of power so much we funded and supplied rebel groups to oust him. Russia steps in and suddenly Assad is a fucking rock. They spend so much effort spouting this crap you have to wonder whether they are starting to believe it. We would be extremely hard pressed to deal with Russia in a war. Their immensely lower costs are gonna be an amazing boon if we ever go to war with them. Can you imagine trading 100 SU-35's for 100 F-35's, they'd end up $50-60 billion ahead.
[–] Somali 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Given the way the F-35 has looked so far they wouldn't even need 100 SU-35's, just one of those jammers they used on Donald Cook.
The cost of US equipment has been one Russia's biggest aces in the proxy war. The main reason Ukraine wasn't armed with anti tank missiles was because they'd have cost 80k a pop to fire. And because they'd be instantly sold off on the black market downstream to the Middle East.
[–] Gerplunckamo [S] 3 points -2 points 1 point (+1|-3) ago
I'm cool with that. Putin's bluffing and the rest of the world knows it. The little guy's acting out, and he needs a spanking.
[–] Somali 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Yeah, they know it so much they sit aside and let him do whatever the hell he wants and then bitch about how he's making them all look weak. At least Trump will be elected soon and let Putin have his sphere of influence so everyone will be forced to stop bitching.
The article is classic Vox though. It's like reading Ezra Klein call out a Judo master for not being Dolph Lundgren. His nuclear potential is irrelevant... even though vox darling Obama just pissed away a trillion dollars trying to counter it. Half of any military doctrine is defense and nukes play an active part in that. Then they shame him for having a small budget... as if projecting power the way he's been able to at the cost of an F-35 cockpit is somehow a bad thing.
You could at least have the decency to archive vox articles. Even Russian saboteurs wouldn't go so low as to give vox clicks.
[–] KarlWayne 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Putin doesn't bluff. You'd think we'd have awoken to that fact by now. If there's one thing that I truly admire in Putin it's how strongly he sticks to his guns. If anyone thinks Putin is bluffing they're delusional.
[–] TheRealAmalek 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Feel free to go to Russia and give Putin a spanking yourself!