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BobTheSubgenius

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1. Apparently, there is a rather precipitous dropoff from World's #1 military to (supposed) #2.
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 12:32 PM
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It's hard to say which is farther from top-notch - Russia's war planning, or its execution. Although MASSIVE credit and respect has to go to Ukraine's people, its military and its leadership, a good part of their success can be attributed to military aid from the West. It would seem that Western military tech is leaps and bounds ahead of Russia's.

For example, I read a military analyst's statement that, in an open terrain arena, a single Abrams could comfortably handle 5 or 6 of ANY of Russia's tank iterations, let alone the garbage they are now left with. If American tankers were manning the tanks in that conflict, it would be even worse for Russia. The US Army's tank crews are the best in the world, no comparison. The disparity between Russia's capabilities and NATO"s, let alone the US, is so huge that no one should want that confrontation to occur. Casualty estimates range from 100-1 to 1000-1.

Serious danger of the nukes coming out at that point.

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