It seems like your comment is based more on stereotypes than real fact. The Soviet weapons have traditionally been meant to be very dependable and serviceable by staff with little training. There is also a lot of new 21st century equipment Russian equipment slowly replacing the truly outdated Soviet weapons. New…

Funny you say that. I was at a popular buffet place near Pasadena last weekend, and nearly half the people were Russians. It was cafeteria style, with really good eat-till-your-heart explodes-it’s-just-like-Las-Vegas-asshole food. I arrived late for my party, and snuck in a chair at the adjacent table where several…

Russians never possessed a serious expedionary naval force. Russia has always been a land empire and a power. I don’t know what Tsar was having when he sent the Russian Navy from Europe across the world to fight the Japanese (and Nicolas II was a drunkard, well known fact). As for reaching the heart of Europe, you…

And Afghanistan proved, the Russians don’t like bleeding for lost causes anymore than we do.

Which is something I think most Europeans don't get. The U.S. can easily defend against a conventional Russian attack, and Russia could easily defend against a conventional American attack, but whoever fires first, Europe losses.

As Hitler, Napoleon, and others have discovered, it’s not easy to beat Russia in a conventional war.

I’m not actually certain we’ve EVER had the capability to go toe-to-toe with Russia in a prolonged conventional battle.