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UK to build 12 nuclear submarines in preparation for potential war with Russia (www.pravda.com.ua)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

it usually takes 10 years to build a nuclear submarine. 5 to 7 years just for construction. Putin is building to attack in less than 4.

Someone needs a time machine.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Does he have a robot army I'm unaware of? Where is he getting the troops for an attack in 4 years?

They are effectively already at war with NATO and they're getting their asses handed to them, a direct full-scale no holds-barred conflict would not end well for them.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

They're not "getting their asses handed to them", lots of the latest negotiations (with the US) seem to involve Russia gaining territory in any peace agreement. And they're switching over to a fully wartime economy, so they're in it for the long haul.

Don't underestimate Russia's ability to play the long game in a war. I know western media likes to give us stories like "Russia is running out of Russians" or whatever but that stuff is just propaganda imo. Ukraine, even with all the western weapons, is treading water.

EDIT: Just to demonstrate what I mean, the estimated military casualties for the Soviet Union in WW2 was around 8.6 million. And then they won. Russia ain't running out of Russians any time soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

even with all the western weapons,

All is a very big stretch. They have been fighting with ours and others leftovers.

Modern fully equipped trained NATO force using combined arms and manover warfare would annihilate any Russian setup.

1980s missiles with a understrength Ukraine force and static defenses will take a beating from lots of Russian arty and bombs. But still they have not given in!