They thought they could remove the Kiev regime with a lightning strike.
They were wrong. Now they are paying the price.
Lies, lying, and liars are synonymous with Russia culture.
“Rifles That Date Back to 1891”
I’ve owned 5 antique Mosins at one time or another. Wish I hadn’t sold them. (all were M-39 Finnish reworks.)
Totally meaningless to me. The Russians pose one threat to me, their ability to deliver nukes to the US mainland. There’s not one damn thing anyone can do to reduce that threat. Their petty border disputes that have zero effect on me or my grandchildren, I don’t care who wins.
Neither is the US.....
‘US military rated as ‘weak,’ may not be able to win one war, as tensions grow with China, Russia’
https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/us-military-rated-as-weak-may-not-be-able-to-win-one-war-as-tensions-grow-with-china-russia/
‘Navy Approaching ‘Weak’ Rating in New U.S. Military Strength Survey’
https://news.usni.org/2021/10/21/navy-approaching-weak-rating-in-new-u-s-military-strength-survey
‘Yes, the U.S. Military Is Weak’
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/yes-the-us-military-weak
‘Ukraine War Shows the US Military Isn’t Ready for War With China’
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/ukraine-war-shows-the-us-military-isnt-ready-for-war-with-china/
‘Weapon System Sustainment:
Aircraft Mission Capable Goals Were Generally Not Met and Sustainment Costs Varied by Aircraft’
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106217
‘If you think the US is ready for a conventional war with Russia or China, think again’
https://sonar21.com/if-you-think-the-united-states-is-ready-for-a-conventional-war-with-russia-or-china-think-again/
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And can’t even produce quantities of 155 artillery shells so it has to go to South Korea to buy them, can only do about 1000 Javelins a year.......
“The US has given Ukraine nearly 1 million 155 mm artillery shells. Now it’s looking for US companies to build more of them.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-wants-to-build-artillery-shells-as-it-supplies-ukraine-2022-9
“The US military needs a lot more artillery shells, rockets, and missiles for the next war”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-artillery-shells-rockets-missiles-war-russia-china/
‘US Ammunition Running Low for Ukraine, No Quick Fix for Shortage’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Vt7fmaGns
‘US Army exhausts its ability to supply ammunition to Ukraine’
https://www.archyde.com/us-army-exhausts-its-ability-to-supply-ammunition-to-ukraine/
‘The U.S. Military’s Growing Weakness’
https://archive.ph/noXSI
‘Pink Flamingo: The U.S. Military Will Pay for Its Munition Shortage’
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/pink-flamingo-us-military-will-pay-its-munition-shortage-205777
‘US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine’
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/us-weapon-stocks-ukraine
Russia sent 150,000 soldiers; 80,000 combat soldiers, the others in support units. Ukraine had 600,000 men well trained and well led entrenched in positions that formed lines in succession of defense, all interlocking fields of fire.
Russian combat troops hit that meat grinder; pulled back and the artillery was utilized to slowly-slowly destroy the Ukrainian defensive positions.
The Russian Special Operation in Ukraine is ending. Russia has amassed 450,000 combat troops which include the missing missile forces, heavy artillery and air force.
There are no more Ukrainian defensive positions to breach. There are no more the 600,000 Uke soldiers because they have either been smashed in slow grinding artillery or wasted by the type of mindset to counter attack that Hitler had. The Uke’s are a spent force.
The Russia Army is ready to utilize actual combat formations under one command and they are going to take Odessa; all that crap about taking back Crimea is just bluster.
All the while the Ukes know that their families are freezing to death in cities that no longer have the capacity to provide everyone with electricity, heat, water, etc.
It is going to be long cold winter and by the time the ground thaws the Russians will have dictated a peace with NATO in the absence of sane Ukrainian leadership.
Russia and it’s military is a joke, what an embarrassment.
The Russian Army was never that great. Even in World War II, they went on a rampage, but they weren’t efficient at all. The war value of a Russia soldier was far lower than, say German soldiers. (By effectiveness)
The Russian military, the second largest military in the world and the first lie the article didn’t take long to rear its head.
Russia is the 3rd largest military, behind the US and China. Unless India has stepped in to 3rd by now.
The Soviet Army was the 2nd largest, but that was back in 1991 or so.
Russia is a paper tiger. All they really have is nukes and that’s all they need.
The Russians have always been a paper tiger.
This is why Putin issues his pathetic nuclear threats on a weekly basis. These threats are not necessarily directed towards us or NATO, but are meant to keep China in check since China would absolutely love to get their grubby little chicken chokers on all those resources to the east of the Urals.