(September 22, 2022 at 12:55 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(September 22, 2022 at 11:48 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Beyond that, the Russians have always had decent R&D for their gear, so I'm not sure how much this war will advance their weapons-development.
Their weapons suck, as does their military. Unless they are just going to surrender outright, what's the alternative to retooling?
Retooling isn’t an option. If it were, they’d do that instead of buying cut-price drones from Iran. Russia can’t outspend the coterie of Western countries supplying Ukraine. If they could (and if Putin hadn’t so disastrously misjudged the Western response) they’d have done that before the war started.
Boru
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