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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[–] 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.
[–] KarlWayne ago
Actually the anti tank missiles cost $220k a unit, including minor training and the base unit that actually fires the missile. $80k is just for the missile itself. Imagine if China jumps in and starts mass producing weapons for Russia in a gas or oil for arms deal. We'll get crushed on cost.