considering that you can’t properly tell the difference between the FSB and the Russian Army, I don’t think I will be considering your analysis on how well it fills the job.

Considering you can’t tell the difference between a police force’s SWAT truck and an APC meant to operate in an environment with mines and heavy fire, I don't think I will listening to your prognosis on it.

No it’s not. That is an armored troop transport on par with an MRAP. This is more like a Lenco Bearcat

Well it's a good thing it's not meant for heavy combat. It's a SWAT truck, I for see why people aren't seeing this.

Probably for looks. Judging by the first prototype and the Tigr, they probably know a lot of civilian sales are incoming.

An RPG-7 won’t do much to a tank, and RPG-29 will. It’s knocked out a Challenger 2 from the front, and several Abrams from the sides.

I have developed a need...

Great, now I spent the evening reading that researching and ended up reading about landslides in Alaska.

Income conjecture!

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I don't really think a stalemate that ending nearly 3 decades ago is a good source of experience for crews nowadays.

You hit the nail on the head. Training is the single most important aspect for survivability. The Americans have always done well in the Abrams not so much because it was a good tank but because they were trained so much better.

The “It comes from RT” reasoning doesn’t click with me. Sure, they are a government run, that means they will say whatever the government wants them to say. That does not mean that whatever they say is false any more than any other news source with an affiliation.

Russia has some of the cheapest access to titanium thanks to their geography. They indeed swapped out crew for massive systems, but I highly doubt Russia would try to reuse 1970s era computers and electronics. The reactor is indeed exotic but it worked in the past and Is far from anything new, just unusual. The basic…

Agreed. A lame duck presidency is probably our only hope.

No reason not to believe it. It could be that since the Yasen Class is very expensive, the Alfas may be the most cost effective route. They are not the most silent subs by any means, but can compensate for that with speed and diving depth.

From a cost perspective, it's a wonderful idea. The Alfa has already been designed, so it is more of just mode using the design that building an all new sub. You aren't going to be running into anything totally unexpected inn the design and are going to be able to fix a lot from the first time around.

I like. This is one of the few situations where I approve of a first strike.

They do, it is one of the few things Russia, China, and is all agree on

It typically do not advocate war, but this is an exception.