• BatrickPateman@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    He says in defence of the country which formerly proclaimed to have the second best army in the world, but also

    • struggles to complete its three day adventure in Ukraine for more than two years now,
    • has to hide its navy,
    • lost most of its active aviation, tanks and APCs, and
    • (my personal favourite) has to resort sending troops into battle in Chinese golf carts as transport options seem to run.

    But the West is a laughing stock.

    Dang. Can I get some of the shit you are on?

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        6 months ago

        Technically the drones are a naval force. Just a very cheap and surprisingly effective one.

        Russia’s naval force has been a bit of paper tiger for a while now. Some of their warships practically run on coal.