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Any second now, the weak enemy, that is Russia, will falter, because they are so weak. But at the same time, they are so threatening, that we must triple our armed forces, because our enemy, that is Russia, is so strong.
Economically weak doesn't mean militarily weak, you still need to defend against a military that sees it's last option as throwing a few nukes at whomever seems least likely to swat them down.
I could see Putin falling back on nukes, I cannot see Russian commanders pushing the button. Same for Trump and the American general staff.
Yep, our bolstered conventional weapons will surely halt their nuking when the time comes. I am fine with both perspectives, I hate the double-speech within.
Interceptor missiles are and have been a thing since the early 60s. Defense spending doesn't necessarily mean subs and tanks.
I think I read somewhere that the UK is developing a new lazer that can take down hypersonic ballistic missiles for approximately the cost of the electricity it consumes. Pretty sweet if true.
I don't think Russia has an effective stock of hypersonics tbh. If we've learned anything it's that Russian equipment stocks are mostly lies and lack of maintenance.
While true, I don't think we should base our entire defense strategy on hoping that the russians are so incompetent that they can't even deploy their most destructive munitions...
Well no I mean they almost certainly have a functioning nuclear stockpile, I mean they're almost certainly lying about how many hypersonics they have.
Even one is enough to kill a lot of people. A laser that can destroy them in orbit is an ideal solution.
You understand I'm not arguing against any defense solution. Follow the thread up and you'll be less confused.
That's fine, we don't have to disagree in order to have a conversation
I'm not disagreeing with you dude.
I didn't say you were
Russian commanders ignored launch orders in the Cold War and I believe they would do so again.
Just because their economy is on the verge of collapse doesn't mean they won't keep sending millions of "undesirables" into the meat grinder.
They might be lacking in heavy equipment and expertise in maneuver warfare, but a million invaders still takes about a million rounds of ammo to pacify.
We can hope the russian economy collapses and the empire balkanizes, effectively making it impossible for them to keep up their war of attrition. The sooner it ends, the sooner we can stop producing munitions and the sooner people stop dying.
Americans spent about 1,000,000 rounds for every kill in Iraq. More like 1,000,000,000,000 rounds. :)
And the WMDs were a lie, but that doesn't change the reality for Europe today, which is that russia is still a threat at least until their economy collapses and their federation dissolves.