Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

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Is the Russian Air Force Actually Incapable of Complex Air Operations?. Article was published last week but still seems valid. I know NATO intel is being fed real-time to Ukraine’s air defense, but still you’d expect some signs of life over there.

Meanwhile, Russia has accused the United States of running a chemical warfare program in Ukraine. You know what that means? Someone’s gonna get gassed~! Of course it’s ridiculous for that to be true, because chemical weapons have no place in a modern system army. They’re just worse than other weapons we can afford. If they do use gas attacks, it’s a sign of weakness and desperation.

It’s looking like Russia simply does not have a modern system army, making them strictly less strong than anyone who does: China, USA, Britain, France, even Japan. America’s moment of weakness was losing to an insurgency on the other side of the world after 20 years; Russia can’t even control the airspace of its neighbor.

About half of their total forces are committed to Ukraine. The other half must be necessary to keep the people from rising up, or they’re mainly paper forces paid to the local Milo Minderbendsky. Probably a little of both.