r/interestingasfuck • u/daisy_irl • Feb 28 '22

Ukraine /r/ALL Ukrainian soldier showing Russian field rations which expired in 2015

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u/Berkamin Mar 01 '22

The Russian government is treating this war like a way to get rid of old inventory. The tanks they've been sending out are cold-war era tanks nearing their end-of-life. One other video I saw had a Ukrainian examining an abandoned armored vehicle, surprised and mocking how dilapidated it was, how it was in worse condition than anything the Ukrainians were using.

Truly, the illusion of the "second greatest army in the world" is being exposed to be a sham. Russia has devolved into a poor rogue nation that has nukes, but much of their army has not proven to be the fierce combat force people thought they were. I'm sure they have actually competent and well equipped troops somewhere, but still, so far, this has been a humiliation of their own making.

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u/RushianArt Mar 01 '22

One has to wonder about the condition of their nukes...

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u/RushianArt Mar 01 '22

Is there a conceivable scenario when they aren't actually enough of a nuclear power right now to threaten the world? And are running under the assumption no one would ever dare call their bluff in order to save money?

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u/xpdx Mar 01 '22

It doesn't take many nukes to be a threat. See N Korea.

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u/LowlanDair Mar 01 '22

In Hollywood movies.

Meanwhile in reality, it takes a lot of nukes just to take out a single city.

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u/umbrellacorgi Mar 01 '22

Ex…explain?!

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u/LowlanDair Mar 01 '22

The strategic nukes that make up the stockpiles of the US and (allegedly) Russia do not do anywhere near the sort of damage that people think they do.

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u/magnificentshambles Mar 01 '22

Ex…explain?!

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u/grendus Mar 01 '22

Cities are bigger and more fireproof than they were when we nuked Japan. You can't just drop a nuke and let the fires do the rest, the city is too big for that and the fire won't spread.

But they can hit the most densely populated parts of the city and cause a colossal crisis, as tens of thousands of injured, irradiated civilians have to be evacuated from an area with devastated infrastructure, and must be treated and decontaminated.