Mate the Russians don’t have to be competent, they just to zerg their way in. Like they are successfully doing now in Ukraine since the Ukrainian army has to put strict quotas on ammo usage.

I was enlisted around 20 years ago in the middle of Afghan/Iraq madness and was going around American bases to “protect them from terrorists” and I’d happily do it again since it means my family won’t have to be subject of nuclear Armageddon

Maybe ban SUVs trucks and other assorted waste of space and resources. Or instead of banning them, tax them like they should be taxed removing loopholes for weight/size and fake commercial use.

For some reason you can also pay your way out of it: they take some points from your licence but you can buy them back from driving schools.

Also they were “playing nice” so much that they killed Israelis because they felt like killing someone

Dude is trying to convert his handlers. Unfortunately it seems it’s quite easy

It’s been testing for how many years? And they still don’t have a end on sight

Except maglev is a little more than a tech demo and not at all ready for use.

Normal high speed train is way better

Yeah well without Western block help the Russians will win…

Mate one dude was hearing voices and talks with his deceased dogs…how can you say “wild card” with a straight face?

how many of them are correctly mantained and in working conditions?

NATO will retaliate with nuclear weapons if it detects that nuclear weapons have been launched by the enemy. So the response would be conventional.