Of course the Armata will only be as good as the quantity Russia can afford to build and the ability of their armed forces personnel to maintain them, something they have struggled with since WWII.
One other thing we are starting to see throughout all of Russias armed forces and thats the trend to Higher-Tech/more expensive thus fewer in number vs. Lower-Tech/Cheaper and lots of them.
Agree. North Korean troops would be more likely to try to defect via surrender than fight if they've been exposed to enough media reports from outside NK to overcome the propaganda there. SK is doing a lot to make sure that happens including smuggling and airdropping via mass balloon launches flash drives filled with video that NK's watch. I saw a PBS documentary that showed that that sort of thing is, amazingly, actually pretty widespread in NK.For example, does anyone really think the massive North Korean army would do well in actual combat? Some elite units would do well, but I bet the majority of units would fall apart if they went up against a determined enemy.
Doesn't make sense to me...U.S. favors technology since it helps prevent casualties since we're a democracy and casualties lessens support for war; however Russia doesn't care as much about their soldiers...send them in and they know how to deal with war protests.
Russia had better concern themselves with casualties as modern Russia doesn’t have a large population from which to conscript its soldiers.
Best estimate for 2015; 142,100,000apx. and declining, less than half that of the U.S. That, along with a median age approaching 40 means that if Russia ever wants’ to try and regain some of its former glory it had better do it soon before its population is too few and too old to even make the attempt.
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