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That cat might be able to foil the Russian forces.“Officers are shocked to see the kind of people sent their way.”
Drafted Saint Petersburg man, who has four children, tells about the chaos at the military base, situation with equipment, and a soldier’s suicide
Meanwhile, mobilization is over, but at the same time not over. Mobilization of Schrödinger.
They could also replace Russia as the problematic Eastern Europe dictatorship, which is not necessarily a good development.
I seriously doubt it. I reckon Turkey is too much of a 'split personality' country to be a serious regional or global power, even though I don't think that is a bad thing at all. Being so varied means they are unlikely to be dominated by any single political, religious or autocratic doctrine for too long, and that's a good thing.
Poland+Ukraine will be replacement for RF here. I could even see some Union between central and eastern European countries in foreseeable future. Clearly, current EU doesn't play well enough for these countries.
That may apply if you look at Turkey only in the period since it's been called Turkey. However, you only have to go back 104 years to the Ottoman empire to see that it could return to being a dominant player if circumstances dictated that. Dominant players often only emerge fully when there is a vacuum. And we haven't yet got to the point of a vacuum in respect of Russia yet (although the longer this war goes on in Ukraine, there seems to be a greater chance of a vacuum emerging).
And we could say this about almost any two countries in Europe. And nowadays they are in big Union with one currency and almost nonexistent borders.
Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Baltic States could also participate. Maybe some Balkan countries.
The Turks and the Russians are too stubborn to put aside their imperial past.
There's been documented cases of PM1910s showing up in the conflict too. Russia is really going through its entire historical catalogue at this point
Yep, saw a video of Ukrainian forces finding one the Russians had abandoned a few days ago.
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Army reserves have some wild things(even considering surplus sales of this). Biggest problem should be ammo - unlike Mosin rifles its firing dated ammunition. AFAIK, both sides has problems with lack of PDW class weaponry for pilots and armor crews. AK74U isn't most produced AK variant, as well as APS(which shooting crap ammo). Smartest thing will be to take all AK74U from police and give them something like Vitiaz.
99% accuracy still means we could lose the entirety of NYC or DC. Despite the impressive streak of THAAD tests I wouldn't count on our missile intercept systems being 99% effective. THAAD potentially has the benefit of a low test count. AEGIS is older and has gone through more tests and has failed more than once. I also believe most tests were against individual missiles instead of mass launches, but I'm not super familiar with the testing history.
