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PufPuf23

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19. That has been a thought in back of my mind.

Fri Mar 11, 2022, 01:38 PM

Mar 2022

That the best of the Russian equipment and personnel are being held in reserve for the future, like if NATO responds.

The Russian army appear to be chewing up older equipment and sorting through neophyte soldiers in a low tech attack brutalizing Ukraine, perhaps the method is itself a warning for other former Soviet republics.

Hope I am wrong.

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Ukraine has proven something beyond any doubt. [View all] fightforfreedom Mar 2022 OP

From what we have seen thus far it does appear that the Russian military is a very brittle Sherman A1 Mar 2022 #1

I'm left wondering whether the same isn't true of their nuclear arsenal's capabilities. sop Mar 2022 #2

I recently posted we should threaten to move more nuclear weapons to Europe. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #6

And Russia... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #18

You left out the second part of the story... WarGamer Mar 2022 #24

Some military analysts have doubts about Russia's nuclear arsenal as well. zuul Mar 2022 #7

Everybody's nuclear arsenal should be suspect in terms of reliability. NNadir Mar 2022 #11

Hi NNadir. You have been summoned in this thread: zuul Mar 2022 #13

Yeah, they've probably been buying Acme crap on ebay. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #16

LOL! 2naSalit Mar 2022 #20

Bazinga! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #30

I've been thinking the same thing. Haggard Celine Mar 2022 #12

Putin's biggest mistake BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #3

He really blew it. He wanted the world to be stunned with his military strength. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #35

Instead he has shown BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #38

Amazing isn't it? His goal was to shift world power. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #40

And now newdayneeded Mar 2022 #4

Obscene amounts of money spent on our military and we can do nothing to save Ukraine. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #36

That's why putin is recruiting syrians AlexSFCA Mar 2022 #5

another reason for importing Syrians WhiteTara Mar 2022 #8

Russia is running low on body bags world wide wally Mar 2022 #17

I thought they eschewed body bags in WhiteTara Mar 2022 #21

Just a euphemism world wide wally Mar 2022 #22

Those require fuel which they probably don't have. hunter Mar 2022 #31

Right that is one reason Hitler stopped using field crematoriums. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #37

It could also be about Russian soldiers willingness to kill Ukrainians Silent3 Mar 2022 #23

The Great Russian Army has to recruit foreign mercenaries to fight its war dalton99a Mar 2022 #9

Are We Sure RobinA Mar 2022 #10

That has been a thought in back of my mind. PufPuf23 Mar 2022 #19

NONE of their 21st Century hardware has been used... WarGamer Mar 2022 #25

Likely because most of it is for show relayerbob Mar 2022 #27

50% of total active forces were sent into UKR. One could say the north is fighting unconventional uponit7771 Mar 2022 #32

We'll all be sorry when North Korea takes Moscow. hunter Mar 2022 #14

The gaping holes in their strategic planning Enoki33 Mar 2022 #15

This statement says to me that if putin were to engage nato, the defensive response Volaris Mar 2022 #26

I suspect most of the planning is already done. relayerbob Mar 2022 #28

Not in Donbas near the RU border, they're getting they're asses kicked there too. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #33

Totally disagree. James48 Mar 2022 #29

Correct, but that forces is fractured now. 100 KIA a day (that's the conservative number split in... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #34

Actually, i DO not think the Russian army even wanted to fight? (that's why pooty fired his generals bluestarone Mar 2022 #39