• deleted@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Well, their economy isn’t collapsing any time soon. And they manage to destroy modern military systems supplied by NATO.

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          1 year ago

          Hasn’t their economy already shrunk by 5% since the war began?

          Seems like they’re going to become a vassal state of China.

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            1 year ago

            I’ve been saying for the last couple of months that Xi is in a perfect position to reclaim the Vladivostok oblast. The native population is over 40% Han, not just Chinese, the type of Chinese the CCP gives a shit about. He could easily appear strong internally, and reclaim former Chinese territory that the Russians invaded in 1901, under the excuse of “a special military operation to defend the ethnic Chinese people in the region.” I seriously doubt that any other country other than Russia would even bat an eye, and Russia would be impotent to defend itself.

            This would also give China a port that is outside of the first chain of islands that the US has set up

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                1 year ago

                China probably has more working nukes than Russia. Maintenance hasn’t been their strong suit, making them a liability. I wouldn’t be surprised if 9/10 aren’t working, or will malfunction on launch, causing Russia to nuke themselves, and the best part is they don’t even know which ones actually got maintained.

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              1 year ago

              He’s going to have to do something, they’re going to have their own economic issues to deal with…

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        It is, but I wouldn’t count on our potential to wage an effective modern war in functional cooperation with the many countries in the EU. Especially when it is a war taking place out of Europe and not a defensive action.

        A militaristic endeavor would surely be held up and manipulated by opposing countries within the alliance, just like it is now with economic decisions.