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During the Cold War it suited both sides to exaggerate Soviet capabilities despite the west knowing a lot of their equipment was unserviceable or obsolete. Maybe the habit has continued.
There is little mention in the press of a he drubbing Turkey gave a Russian mechanised unit last year -
Surely our estimations of Russian military capabilities are based on rank uninformed speculation
ftfy
The idea that anyone other than military intelligence services on either side has any clue as to the capabilities is entirely, monumentally, risible.
Anything we see or know, as lay observers, has been through so many filters, it may as well be posted by an Instagram influencer.
And some comments here appear to have been just that.
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NotThamesWater
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Surely our estimations of Russian military capabilities are based on observations not what they say they are?