Russia is ‘losing’ its war on Ukraine, Joint Staff chairman, envoy tell Trump: ‘We’d kick their a**’

NY Post ^ | 9/15/2025 | Caitlin Doornbos

[Svartalfiar]

“Yup, Russians forced to pulling 1960’s T62’s from storage is winning.”

USA hasn’t made new hull since the 1990s.

So your argument against Russia being cut down to using 60-year-old tanks is that we haven't built a new design in the past 30? That's quite the non-sequitur, ignoring that our 90s tech is certainly better than Russia's 60s equipment...

[Svartalfiar]

assertions without evidence bear no weight.

How many carriers does Russia have? (I'll even let you include the coal-burning ski-jumper one that sinks in drydock!)
How many F22-equivalent aircraft does Russia have? Right, they have a couple Su-57s...that they're scared to fly against Ukraine, much less these US.
What logistical capacity does Russia have? They can barely make it 100 miles across their land border, how are they going to get anything into these US's mainland?
Russia's got a couple subs, all of which are followed by American ones. And we have more left over!
Icebreakers. Ok, we finally found something Russia beats us in. That would be near insignificant in direct hostilities. But Trump is moving to rectify that!

[Ancesthntr]

“Joint Staff chairman, envoy tell Trump: ‘We’d kick their a**’

With Russian attacks reduced to motorcycle Mad Max style attacks in Ukraine, yes we would definitely kick Russian a**”
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Oh, joy - a country with 6,000 strategic nuclear weapons would get its conventional ass kicked and have no means EXCEPT NUKES to defend its territory. This is where the ancient advice to “be careful what you wish for, you might get it” comes into play.

[Reverend Wright]

Both the technology of the 1990s and the 1960s are now obsolete. The fanciest Western tanks are being taken out by drones if they don’t have cages.

And even then, the cages are being overwhelmed by drone swarms and multiple hits.

The NATO tanks are more expensive, and have more frequent, expensive and complicated maintenance and repairs.

Even a T55 with a drone cage, decent optics, and a mine roller is a viable vehicle for shorter range HE indirect fire. which is supposedly what tanks are mostly used for now.

(and updated T55s don’t cost $24 million each , either)

[Reverend Wright]

"You seriously think Russia could put up any fight against these US? They'd be surrendering before we even put boots on the ground! "

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Sounds like Alfred Jodl commenting on the Russo-Finnish War just before Operation Barbarossa.

[dennisw]

Ukraine is using and will be using drones and its new homemade missile to impose oil sanctions on Russians. By destroying oil refineries, destroying cracking towers and sending storage tanks up in smoke. Ukraine is now using drones to hit Putin’s shadow fleet of rag tag with no flag (flying) oil tankers, when they are taking on crude and refined oil products at Russian oil export ports. Thus destroying port pumping facilities and tanker ships.

Russia is so spread out that it has no real air defenses against the Ukrainian drones hitting the oil refineries and oil export ports. Putin is shi**ing bricks over the loss of billions in oil exports, that fund his war machine. His army is also being cut off from the diesel and gasoline that its mobile units run on.
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Currently, Ukraine is producing the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile at a rate of about one missile per day. However, there are confirmed plans—and ongoing efforts—to ramp up production to seven missiles per day by late 2025 or October 2025. This would bring monthly output up to roughly 210 missiles, significantly increasing Ukraine’s ability to launch large-scale, long-range strikes.

Ukraine’s newest homemade missile is called the FP-5 “Flamingo”. Developed by the Ukrainian defense startup Fire Point, the Flamingo is a long-range, ground-launched cruise missile with a reported range of up to 3,000 kilometers and a payload capacity of around 1,150 kg. The missile was publicly unveiled in August 2025 and is already being produced at a rate of about one per day, with plans to increase production further.

[dennisw]

Canada Finland and Scandinavian nations have icebreakers too>>>>>>>>>>>>
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As of 2025, Canada, Finland, and the Scandinavian nations (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) collectively operate between 25 and 30 icebreakers (exact numbers can vary due to fleet changes and seasonal leasing):

Canada: Approximately 18 icebreakers, including medium, light, and heavy classes (most in the Arctic and Atlantic).

Finland: 10 to 12 icebreakers, primarily medium class and used in the Baltic Sea.

Sweden: 5 icebreakers.

Denmark (including Greenland): 3 to 7 icebreakers, mostly light icebreakers.

Norway: 1 or 2 dedicated icebreaking vessels.

Russia has—by far—the world’s largest icebreaker fleet, with approximately 47 to 57 active icebreakers (including both nuclear-powered and diesel-electric vessels), plus more under construction. Numbers include at least 8 nuclear and around 34 diesel icebreakers, along with other classes.

[dennisw]

Iranians too. Even though Putin did not lift a finger as USA and Israel destroyed all their Russian made air defenses and Iran’s nuclear program. USA and Israel also demolished the Ayatollahs drone and missile production, missile storage as best they could. So this production is gone - greatly diminished for months.

Ukraine has had some success destroying Russian drone factories. That for the most part are just assembly plants. Assembling drone parts that Iran sells them. Stupid Russians cannot invent - develop their own drones. But Iran can. So Russia depends on Iran for the drone parts, that Russia assembles.