(March 29, 2023 at 12:04 pm)GUBU Wrote:

(March 29, 2023 at 6:41 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: This is really good news (more than most people realize :

And  again some numbers:
 
Greece has 1250 Battle Tanks.

Turkey Has 3000.

Germany in WWII had 3200 battle tanks.

Russia has lost about 2000 battle tanks / 1200 of these were directly destroyed by Ukrainian armed forces.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-regim...26362.html

The thing you have to remember about China is that they want Russia as a vassal not a partner, and the best way to do that is string Putain on long enough to keep weakening Russia in Ukraine enough that he has to come cap in hand to Xi, who will then dictate terms.

India's interests are all about protecting their borders from China.  Up until recently Modi believed the bullshit that Russia was peddling about its wunderwaffen.  Given how piss poor Russian materiel has been in Ukraine and how missing Russia's latest weapons have been, even Modi must realise he's been had.  And if Russia is a waste of space for India, who does that leave?

(April 2, 2023 at 8:57 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: As far as I know, New Russian weapons like the Armada Tank, S-400’g, Su-57’s were not junk weapons at all. But they required western components and cannot be produced without them.

(April 2, 2023 at 12:53 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Vladlen Tatarsky, pro-Russian military blogger who wrote (paraphrased),  ,"we will conquer everyone, we will kill everyone" about the people of Ukraine, has just gone "boom" in a St. Petersburg cafe.

Apparently, a young woman handed him a statuette full of explosives.

To quote Billy Connolly. "Boom!  One less prick in the world!"

(March 31, 2023 at 12:19 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(March 31, 2023 at 4:03 am)GUBU Wrote: Understood.  But the thing was India was willing to put up with a certain amount of that up until the invasion, for example India has heavily invested in the Armata despite no operational models being built.  But the war in Ukraine has shown how much of a bad idea it is to depend on Russian weapons systems.

Agreed, I wasn't intending to undercut your point but rather to supplement it. Sorry if I came across otherwise.

(April 2, 2023 at 8:57 am)Leonardo17 Wrote:

(March 29, 2023 at 12:04 pm)GUBU Wrote: The thing you have to remember about China is that they want Russia as a vassal not a partner, and the best way to do that is string Putain on long enough to keep weakening Russia in Ukraine enough that he has to come cap in hand to Xi, who will then dictate terms.

India's interests are all about protecting their borders from China.  Up until recently Modi believed the bullshit that Russia was peddling about its wunderwaffen.  Given how piss poor Russian materiel has been in Ukraine and how missing Russia's latest weapons have been, even Modi must realise he's been had.  And if Russia is a waste of space for India, who does that leave?

As far as I know, New Russian weapons like the Armada Tank, S-400’g, Su-57’s were not junk weapons at all. But they required western components and cannot be produced without them.
 
Even before the sanctions they were produced in small numbers because they are enormously expensive. And this is why I am very sceptic about the new “locally produced” fighter planes of the President For 45 More Days.
 
And I am not a great fan of Russia either. But I see some serious lack of balance in the world when Russia is making huge concessions to Iran and assumes a vassal ship role toward China. This changes the whole dynamics of central Asia and gives too much power to China which is an authoritarian state and totally unpredictable for instance on the issue of Taiwan.

(April 4, 2023 at 9:17 am)GUBU Wrote:

(April 2, 2023 at 8:57 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: As far as I know, New Russian weapons like the Armada Tank, S-400’g, Su-57’s were not junk weapons at all. But they required western components and cannot be produced without them.
 
Even before the sanctions they were produced in small numbers because they are enormously expensive. And this is why I am very sceptic about the new “locally produced” fighter planes of the President For 45 More Days.
 
And I am not a great fan of Russia either. But I see some serious lack of balance in the world when Russia is making huge concessions to Iran and assumes a vassal ship role toward China. This changes the whole dynamics of central Asia and gives too much power to China which is an authoritarian state and totally unpredictable for instance on the issue of Taiwan.

You should check out Lazerpig's recent video on the Armata, for example it's engine is based off the one used in Tigers, ie a badly upgraded WW2 engine.  And given we haven't (to my knowledge) seen the Su-57 in combat and given that the Su-75 is a wooden mockup, neither of those appear to be much better.

(April 4, 2023 at 9:17 am)GUBU Wrote:

(April 2, 2023 at 8:57 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: As far as I know, New Russian weapons like the Armada Tank, S-400’g, Su-57’s were not junk weapons at all. But they required western components and cannot be produced without them.
 
Even before the sanctions they were produced in small numbers because they are enormously expensive. And this is why I am very sceptic about the new “locally produced” fighter planes of the President For 45 More Days.
 
And I am not a great fan of Russia either. But I see some serious lack of balance in the world when Russia is making huge concessions to Iran and assumes a vassal ship role toward China. This changes the whole dynamics of central Asia and gives too much power to China which is an authoritarian state and totally unpredictable for instance on the issue of Taiwan.

You should check out Lazerpig's recent video on the Armata, for example it's engine is based off the one used in Tigers, ie a badly upgraded WW2 engine.  And given we haven't (to my knowledge) seen the Su-57 in combat and given that the Su-75 is a wooden mockup, neither of those appear to be much better.