The abysmal performance of the Russian military has exposed them as paper tigers. No one is afraid of their “threats” any more.
More importantly, infantry wars themselves may well be obsolete in the age of instant satellite intel and killer drones.
Their conventional military is an apparent flop but 6,000 nukes with a “Dead Hand” policy is still very, very scary.
No one is afraid of their “threats” any more.
***Uhh, the opposite is true. Russia’s “threats” are REAL and that @$$#0/e REALLy does implement them, so it’s time for Russia’s neighbors to get the protection they have needed all this time but were in denial about it.