Russia’s Hollow Force -- DoD BuzzEvery couple of months, a top Russian leader makes a bold proclamation: We’re back. We’ve got a new SSBN, we’re going to build a new fleet of aircraft carriers, we’ve got new tactical aircraft so stealthy one just landed on the White House lawn. Accordingly, the headlines crackle all over the world: Cold War II! Russia Vows Major Arms Buildup In Challenge to West! The Bear Has Returned!
Then, once the rumpus dies down, nothing happens. The ‘resurgent Russia’ storyline gets packed away for the next time a Tu-95 buzzes an American warship at sea, or a top official in Moscow throws a little fit over the mean ol’ West and its mean ol’ ambitions for missile defense. (An external boogeyman remains politically useful in the new Russia.)
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My Comment: I will have to agree .... the Russian military is a shadow of what it once was. And even though every few months there are calls (and commitments) within Russia to expand and modernize their military .... little if anything is done. The full extent of this decline was revealed to me by my uncle years ago. He brought me to the place in St. Petersburg where he worked as a Director for the development of military satellites for the former Soviet Union .... today .... it is a shopping mall.
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