Strength is not just about conventional forces but also nuclear and ability to project fear to others. Russia is superior in these two aspects because there are no checks and balances in Russia and many NATO countries are frightened by the prospect of a nuclear war. Small tip for you: Being...
During that time, Russian strategists had perceived their country’s conventional capabilities to be too weak vis-à-vis NATO’s advanced conventional precision-strike and airpower potential.Footnote14 Nonetheless, even in this difficult situation, a number of military elites in Moscow had questioned ...
then suffered major losses in Donetsk (and most recently in the south toward Kherson). Rebukes like Skomorokhov’s are tolerated even though their vitriol exceeds that of independent Russian military journalists in the 1990s and 2000s.
Just don’t think I’ll urge stopping the military operation. In Russian there’s a good saying: Having said “a,” you have to say “b.” Considering NATO’s readiness to enter the conflict, especially since, having “felt” Russia’s chest with the help of Ukraine, their fears have ...
Hegseth said, “Returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective,” and that NATO membership for Ukraine is not an option, effectively agreeing with Russia’s demands. Then, Trump called Putin. “We both reflected on the great history of our nations and the fact that we...
I’d say it’s plausible that Xi would like to get attention off of him so he can invade Taiwan, but if it’s true that it was actually coordinated, Putin’s doing poorly at his part. He’d be better off taking the country fast enough to force NATO to either jump in quickly or ...
The report adds that Russian actors are eyeballing organizations in the Baltics and Turkey, as well as states on NATO’s eastern flank that are supporting Ukraine. Winter•April 28, 2022 12:43 PM @JonKN Try to keep these concepts separate; one is illegal in nearly every country of t...
Although Ukraine hopes for tanks and jets, the country has seen great success using the HIMARS rocket launcher against Russian advances.
Ha Dang, Military Specialist at United Nations Space Command (2016-present) Answered Mar 11, 2018 Russia vs Germany ( Great Patriotic War Vol.2) No Allies involved (NATO would not support Germany) No Nukes […] Though a lot of experts said that it is most likely Russian land invasion wou...
Apolitical Russians justify the war, but arguments like “NATO soldiers” and “defending Donbas” are not of primary importance to them. Rather, they simply want to save face themselves, because they take the accusations directed at their country personally. For this reason, Russians have previous...