Posted on 03/20/2024 6:54:19 AM PDT by hardspunned
More than two years after the whole-scale invasion of Ukraine, is Russia still a near-peer threat to the United States? What are the capabilities of the Russian military after 24 months of heavy fighting against a determined Ukrainian military equipped with Western weapon systems? How soon can the Russian armed forces replenish the devastating losses they have been taking in the fighting? These are just some of the questions the U.S. Intelligence Community analyzes in its latest annual threat assessment.
Released every year in early spring, the annual threat assessment delves into the most acute threats to U.S. national security and projects how these issues will affect America.
(Excerpt) Read more at sandboxx.us ...
What total BS! The Uke War was lost before it ever began because of lies and self delusion like this. When these same idiots in the Pentagon and Western groupthink tanks told us the Russian paper bear military would collapse after the first hard poke, the route to catastrophe was mapped. They haven’t learned a danged thing! If the Pentagon still believes fantasies like this, I’m surprised we don’t have masses of American boys in Ukraine being slaughtered every day already.
I read it this past week and it has lots of self serving BS in it to try to make this CF of administration look good.
Have trouble accepting that Russia is losing, don’t you?
There’s a lot of others on FR in denial too
Another year of the inept Russian military failing ... another year of Russian lies and propaganda while Russia slowly degrades ...
“Carthage (Russia) must be destroyed” - Cato (NATO) the Elder
I think the US intelligence community is preoccupied with figuring out how to get Biden reelected. I don’t believe its credibility is salvageable.
Does that mean they won’t invade Alaska after all?
lol
You kind of know if they are putting it out there for everyone to see that it is propaganda.
In other words, the Russians know it is BS but it wasn’t created for anyone but the US sheeple.
Wow, all caps, must be important!
Stop it! You’re killing me, I can’t catch my breath! Har, har, har! No Mas, No Mas!
I really hate to say this but since the grand conspiracy (FBI, CIA, M-16, Clinton, Obama, etc.) to take out the legitimate Trump government, I have lost all confidence in the CIA to provide any intelligence that isn’t seriously biased and flawed. In my younger days I spent a few years in LE and looked up to both The FBI and CIA, having had some good interactions with them both - no more.
Bottom Line: China realizes better than anyone that Russia’s conventional military is a paper tiger. Russia is unable to conventionally defend its rich far eastern Pacific territories and the Siberian treasure house. China has made a huge investment in its military and by most accounts is facing a huge, politically destabilizing economic crisis.One day the temptation to revive ancient claims to those territories and seize them will be overwhelming for hard pressed Chinese leaders. The irony is that Japan could never tolerate such seizures. Ironically Japan Russia and the US, alligned with some souteast Asians such as Vietnam may unite to resist and fight China.
The article, from you vehement reaction, must have struck and nerve and be well over target. Sorry for all you comrades that have given their lives or been grievously wounded because of ‘Shorty’ Putin’ delusion.
Cuck_Canauck is raging today! You pour that maple syrup all over yourself and let it all out. You are my hero!
I agree.
They are all laughing at us. Lots of credible information is out there telling a different story. There are some part of the assessment that have some credibility but you really have to understand what you are reading and evaluating it against other resources.
OK, you explain why Russia still hasn’t won and is bogged-down, after more than 2 years, against an opponent 1/20th its size
Not expecting an answer, of course, you Ukraine-haters are never capable of explaining why
But Putin’s ongoing stupidity and arrogance have played a large part ... a fatal flaw in any commander ...
Ah, the same intel community that had dozens of Aholes sign a letter swearing that the Russia hoax was real?
Yeah, right.
I agree an they have really damaged themselves. You should see my review copy where I have marked up questionable statements. There are many.
One day the temptation to revive ancient claims to those territories and seize them will be overwhelming for hard pressed Chinese leaders. The irony is that Japan could never tolerate such seizures.
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The Chinese have already renamed some cities in the Far East with their Chinese names on the newest maps.
Japan still tolerate Russian control of the Kuril Islands
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