What level of STATUS do you think russia is? do you respect its power?

[strateguy632]

russia owns lots of land. maybe it has some coal that is hard to mine and harder to send from siberia. it has trees- lots but that wood is hard to move.

it had 17% of global land. less than brits 24% after ww1. but lots. in 1991 it lost influence over hungary etc. and lost big kazakstan and ukraine... it shrunk to 12% of land. just 1/2 of British empire.

it always boasted we have hundreds of warplanes and thousands of tanks so a strong army.

now it has spent 4 years winning small bits of land at the cost of many old tanks and human 'cannon fodder' =as putin treated the people. so: it turns out its jets are useless so stopped sending.

its t 90 are useless so sent older! or bikes! or brutally sent 'replaceable' humans. not quite moral attitude. not quite strong.

in terms of status- any status do you still respect russia in any way? strong? or status? or any respect?

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We can't measure STRENGTH by "holding ground or blocking attacks" because BOTH UKRAINE and russia blocked attacks for example saved kyiev. And other major cities. So defense of both sides is balanced neither is stronger defense. Also russia put mines not any military skill nor strength. The fact mines are used showed russia is not strong in defense so i censored that nonsense.

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the 'never give up' attitude means 'at any price' it is ONLY cruel brutality to its own troops not worth any respect.
we had huge losses liberating france in a year of fighting! 1944-5 lost 225 000 injured or dead. around 1 soldier wounded or dead per square mile but russia in 5 years lost 50 soldiers per sq. mile! if independent not ukraine number.
russia lost 4 400 tanks visual confirmed 1 tank lost per 6 sq. miles but we lost
1 tank per 111 sq. miles for france!

[Just_Ken]

Russia had & still has the potential to be economically and militarly powerful but still pursue the old policies that cost them the cold war and drove them to economic ruin.

[strateguy632]

Good point. As usual ken! 🥇👍

[Just_Ken]

Corruption and incompetence. Instead of investing in infrastructure and bringing themselves up to the level of western technology with their vast oil/gas profits. Instead Putin when he came to power invested in building up their military with the same adequate cold war equipment from the 70s except with a new paint job.

[strateguy632]

You are right about economy. But industry failed. In 2021 russia assembeled 20 new passenger jets.
But 4 years: 2022-5 only 8 new ones. Just one all year 2025.
Car industry still made many cards but shrunk by 13%. Like you said bad policy and no components.

[Just_Ken]

Well imagine trying to build modern aircraft in the 2020s using factories from the 1970s. Same with cars or virtually any industry.

[6942Dantheman]

respect, no. they are falling apart. I wish we could join and make it go faster.

[strateguy632]

about falling apart yes @-Dan-
russia defense crumbled in 2023 and now even more.
in fact despite mines russia DID FAIL in "blocking attacks and 'prevent retaking' in 2023 ukraine did retake 150 square miles in east ukraine. that showed russia WEAK. failed to defend. now in 2026 ukraine retook 300 sq. mile so russia weak. not "strong to hold land repel attacks' not strong but LOST HUNDREDS. OF sq. miles.

[exitseven]

Ever since the Soviet Union broke up Russia has lost a lot of stature on the world stage. They have been upstaged by China as the number two superpower.

[Pterodon]

As a Navy vet I have no respect for them

[TonyMetal___1986]

The country with the most nuclear weapons

[strateguy632]

But that is also us3less because nobody would use them. Nobody would be first to use them except iran. Once 2 countries have. nobody will start except iran.

[Pterodon]

Yes they have nukes but compared to everything in their navy it makes me wonder how many of the warheads are actually useable and I’ll bet half of its delivery method from missles to submarines to carry them are unusable

[strateguy632]

@Pterodon probably not maintained.