• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 days ago

      Yes. Back when analysts used to talk about a war with Russia pre-2022, something you heard pretty often was “they’re not as advanced, but they have so much stockpiled armour”.

      This is like America running out of guns or Canada running out of syrup.

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        5 days ago

        I think not even the CIA predicted the effectiveness of drones and javelins against old armor. Without modern defenses, they are just sitting (or slowly moving) ducks. Add to this the corruption in the military, causing lack of maintenance and missing parts, plus the gaps in skills and training of their soldiers.

        We are maybe 1-2 years away from the Russian military collapsing, if it weren’t for the orange clown.