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  • I hope you're all correct, but I don't see the Russian army falling apart myself.

  • I hope you're all correct, but I don't see the Russian army falling apart myself.

    I was really suprised to read that Russia has a similar defence budget to the UK.

    Size of UK army: ~80k (and dropping)
    Size of Russian army: 1,300,000+ depending on who you ask.

    It does raise questions about quality of training and equipment...

  • Size of UK army: ~80k (and dropping)

    Size of Russian army: 1,300,000+ depending on who you ask.

    Does the Russian figure include those on national service?

  • quality of training and equipment...

    This point was made sky news last night, apparently only a fraction of the rockets the Russians have tried to launch have launched correctly with a large numbers failing.

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