The US has gone through the F22, the F35 and is building the next gen fighter now. And this thing is getting shot down by F16s.
That does not bode well for Russia.
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“That does not bode well for Russia.”
The Russian Federation can convert the natural gas the EU refuses to buy and that can’t be sent to China to make nitric acid and explosives.
That makes for a simply massive Russian Federation ability to make explosives cheaply.
WIKI
The Ostwald process is a chemical process used for making nitric acid (HNO3). The Ostwald process is a mainstay of the modern chemical industry, and it provides the main raw material for the most common type of fertilizer production. Historically and practically, the Ostwald process is closely associated with the Haber process, which provides the requisite raw material, ammonia (NH3). This method is preferred over other methods of nitric acid production, in that it is less expensive and more efficient.
NH3 + 2O2 → H2O + HNO3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwald_process
The Haber process can be combined with steam reforming to produce ammonia with just three chemical inputs: water, natural gas, and atmospheric nitrogen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia_production
Russia is non-strategic.
They are a local stupid kleptocracy.
Ignore them and focus on China (communism) and islam.