Excellent news about Russia mass refurbishing old tanks, which will make up the majority of the "new" tanks that they introduce into their inventories. That tells us two key things...
1. They have deeply taxed their current arsenal of operational tanks and the Oryx list is relatively accurate when it makes the photo backed claim that Russia has lost 2475 MBTs in the war.
2. The West is getting what it wants out of this conflict. The great Soviet stockpile left to the Russian Army is being depleted, never to be replaced by Russia's diminutive economy (in comparison to the Soviet Union's).
As Ukraine ramps up the production and procurement of drones specifically designed to destroy Russian armor, in combination with their already accurate artillery and anti-tank weapons such as Javelin, Russian tanks will continue to be hammered across the front. Every cheap drone, artillery shell or Javelin used to destroy a Russian tank is a win for the West and a loss for Russia.
With Finland already admitted to NATO and Sweden on the verge of being accepted as well, this conflict has not only smashed the myth of the Russian Army's might, but it has now created an impossibly long border for Russia with NATO. That border will only get longer as Ukraine eventually accepted into the defensive alliance as well.
I cannot believe how fiscally cheap this war has been for the West. It's been extremely hard on Ukrainian manpower and infrastructure, however, we'll never get better better value in seeing the elimination of the leftover Soviet weapons stockpile.
Meanwhile, interest rates have reached 15%. They're funding this war by taxing the hell out of a citizen base that was already deeply impoverished by comparison to their 1st world peers. This war will, ultimately, set Russia further back, which is an undeniable win for the West.
1. They have deeply taxed their current arsenal of operational tanks and the Oryx list is relatively accurate when it makes the photo backed claim that Russia has lost 2475 MBTs in the war.
2. The West is getting what it wants out of this conflict. The great Soviet stockpile left to the Russian Army is being depleted, never to be replaced by Russia's diminutive economy (in comparison to the Soviet Union's).
As Ukraine ramps up the production and procurement of drones specifically designed to destroy Russian armor, in combination with their already accurate artillery and anti-tank weapons such as Javelin, Russian tanks will continue to be hammered across the front. Every cheap drone, artillery shell or Javelin used to destroy a Russian tank is a win for the West and a loss for Russia.
With Finland already admitted to NATO and Sweden on the verge of being accepted as well, this conflict has not only smashed the myth of the Russian Army's might, but it has now created an impossibly long border for Russia with NATO. That border will only get longer as Ukraine eventually accepted into the defensive alliance as well.
I cannot believe how fiscally cheap this war has been for the West. It's been extremely hard on Ukrainian manpower and infrastructure, however, we'll never get better better value in seeing the elimination of the leftover Soviet weapons stockpile.
Meanwhile, interest rates have reached 15%. They're funding this war by taxing the hell out of a citizen base that was already deeply impoverished by comparison to their 1st world peers. This war will, ultimately, set Russia further back, which is an undeniable win for the West.