Thank you for the thoughtful reply and info. I know a lot about Russia, but little about China’s military. I do know Russia had been relying on outdated equipment—that mean numbers were completely irrelevant. It will be clear in the Ukraine battles that superior U.S. and Western equipment will be far superior no matter how many weapons R…
Thank you for the thoughtful reply and info. I know a lot about Russia, but little about China’s military. I do know Russia had been relying on outdated equipment—that mean numbers were completely irrelevant. It will be clear in the Ukraine battles that superior U.S. and Western equipment will be far superior no matter how many weapons Russia uses except that Russia chooses to do terrible damage to non-military targets with the hardware it has. It must also be becoming clear inside Russia that the war is not going well. Putin may try to drum up popular hatred of Ukraine, but we’ll see how far that gets him.
We don't know that much about either county's military. However, right now we know a lot more about Russia than China because the now 2 1/2 year war in Ukraine has outed Russian weakness and demonstrated that we overestimated their military capabilities.
We don't have accurate information about China's military either, but complacency and underestimation are foolish. On the other hand, if China were foolish enough to attempt a military take-over of Taiwan, the West might learn what China's actual capabilities, strengths and weaknesses are.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply and info. I know a lot about Russia, but little about China’s military. I do know Russia had been relying on outdated equipment—that mean numbers were completely irrelevant. It will be clear in the Ukraine battles that superior U.S. and Western equipment will be far superior no matter how many weapons Russia uses except that Russia chooses to do terrible damage to non-military targets with the hardware it has. It must also be becoming clear inside Russia that the war is not going well. Putin may try to drum up popular hatred of Ukraine, but we’ll see how far that gets him.
We don't know that much about either county's military. However, right now we know a lot more about Russia than China because the now 2 1/2 year war in Ukraine has outed Russian weakness and demonstrated that we overestimated their military capabilities.
We don't have accurate information about China's military either, but complacency and underestimation are foolish. On the other hand, if China were foolish enough to attempt a military take-over of Taiwan, the West might learn what China's actual capabilities, strengths and weaknesses are.