[SeeSharp]

As much as Russia—and Putin—desire to return to great power status, they fear being outpaced by other powers faster than they can increase their capabilities.

Exactly the situation Nicholas II faced at the beginning of the twentieth century.

[DB]

Russia is its own worst enemy...

Will they ever figure that out???

[McGruff]

At the expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry on December 10, Putin detailed the efforts at modernizatsiia, mentioning that Russia is set to receive 40 advanced and upgraded ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile).

Question. How many new ones we building?

[Chainmail]

Anybody notice how quiet 0bama and his media have been about the Russian violations of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty among others lately? The consequences of weak leadership is failure. This is a failure we can’t survive.

[BobL]

Since our nukes LAST FOREVER, and we have Estonia as an ally for “boots on the ground” in Europe (to keep Russia in check), there is NO REASON for us to modernize anything, at all. In fact, we can just keep SLASHING our military budget for years and years to come, while at the same time threatening nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine.

...at least according to one troll on this site.

[ansel12]

Since he lacks muscle in the military department, Putin has to remind everyone that they also have nukes.

Putin has little to work with, but plays to the naive and gullible, the low information people, to give the impression that Russia is still similar in power to when it had it’s empire, that Reagan destroyed and helped add to NATO.

[free_life]

The first PAK-DA won’t test fly for 5 years. Rumours of design problems may delay that date.