“The salient fact is that the Russians are now using 4th generation aircraft against the Ukrainians and losing them.
Putin isn’t long for this world. He’s shown that the Russian military is a paper tiger. Their equipment is crap. Their troops are crap. Their doctrine is crap. Their entire country is a tissue of lies.”
Russia isn’t a first grade military power, but a poorly trained mediocre military.
Putin knows his military is weak, that’s why he raised his nuclear alert levels. And it’s not so much as to deter NATO, but to deter china instead.
—” And it’s not so much as to deter NATO, but to deter china instead.”
An interesting thought.