Interestingly, Russia's Air Force and indeed, its Navy have taken something of embarrassing hits lately losing modern Fighter / Bomber jets, A50s and Command & Control Aircraft as well as numerous Black Sea Fleet Naval vessels, often all complete with their crews, all excellent 'Double Taps' from a country which has no Navy and an Air Force limited to older outdated aircraft. As for the rest of Russia's Navy, well, I am reminded of the Kursk Submarine disaster, caused by the usual un-maintained Soviet equipment- systemic corruption and the laughable lack of sub rescue vessels, again due to the rampant systemic corruption...I think that was a younger Putin who refused Western help whilst the incompetent, inept Russian Naval Command further embarrassed themselves until it was far too late to rescue the young submariners ... in reality, the USSR was a Super Power only because of its possession of nuclear weapons, apart from that their military, navy and air force have always been the same mediocrity we see today racked by the endemic corruption and the uncompromising, Soviet command doctrines.
Continuing...Nucs in Space... I am reminded of Russia's recent Moon Landing attempt...I seem to remember it was rather an embarrassment. With any luck if they ever do try to launch one it will blow up on the pad, or it will be one of their technologically superior 'homing rockets' that we have seen used in their invasion of Ukraine.
One of the biggest dangers will always be in the covert hybrid warfare.
Their exploitation of Democracy's weaknesses:-
coercion of politicians, continual barrage of propaganda, electoral interference, flooding borders with undocumented illegal immigrants, the 'Sudetenland' tactic one of Putin's favourites helped by the large minority Russian populations especially in former Soviet States, total disregard for international law, except when it can be used to their advantage.
Then Chaos from cyber attacks:- interfering with GPS, communications and surveillance satellites, system control and data acquisition systems, internet and communications systems, air and maritime navigation and safety and of course, assistance from the occasional Chinese Freighter dragging its anchor over strategic areas of the seas and so on and so on...
Sadly, Putin needs the war, this he learned from his Chechen War exploits...until he and the current Russian State are destroyed, I fear there will never be peace.......
Interestingly, Russia's Air Force and indeed, its Navy have taken something of embarrassing hits lately losing modern Fighter / Bomber jets, A50s and Command & Control Aircraft as well as numerous Black Sea Fleet Naval vessels, often all complete with their crews, all excellent 'Double Taps' from a country which has no Navy and an Air Force limited to older outdated aircraft. As for the rest of Russia's Navy, well, I am reminded of the Kursk Submarine disaster, caused by the usual un-maintained Soviet equipment- systemic corruption and the laughable lack of sub rescue vessels, again due to the rampant systemic corruption...I think that was a younger Putin who refused Western help whilst the incompetent, inept Russian Naval Command further embarrassed themselves until it was far too late to rescue the young submariners ... in reality, the USSR was a Super Power only because of its possession of nuclear weapons, apart from that their military, navy and air force have always been the same mediocrity we see today racked by the endemic corruption and the uncompromising, Soviet command doctrines.
Continuing...Nucs in Space... I am reminded of Russia's recent Moon Landing attempt...I seem to remember it was rather an embarrassment. With any luck if they ever do try to launch one it will blow up on the pad, or it will be one of their technologically superior 'homing rockets' that we have seen used in their invasion of Ukraine.
One of the biggest dangers will always be in the covert hybrid warfare.
Their exploitation of Democracy's weaknesses:-
coercion of politicians, continual barrage of propaganda, electoral interference, flooding borders with undocumented illegal immigrants, the 'Sudetenland' tactic one of Putin's favourites helped by the large minority Russian populations especially in former Soviet States, total disregard for international law, except when it can be used to their advantage.
Then Chaos from cyber attacks:- interfering with GPS, communications and surveillance satellites, system control and data acquisition systems, internet and communications systems, air and maritime navigation and safety and of course, assistance from the occasional Chinese Freighter dragging its anchor over strategic areas of the seas and so on and so on...
Sadly, Putin needs the war, this he learned from his Chechen War exploits...until he and the current Russian State are destroyed, I fear there will never be peace.......
one more...it's time to give the $300 billion to Ukraine....what's the delay
It sure is a better way to go, to fight for Ukraine