"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (20 Viewers)

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About 20 years back someone was marketing guns that fired nets to police for dealing with people armed with knives and bats* so the basic tech exists. Drones would need a smaller net propelled a lot further though and that may be an issue. Who knows until someone tries.

Naturally police would rather shoot them dead from well out of throwing range so as far as I know no police bought any..
 

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDhIfx0424


He does not address the question that is the title to the video until over half way through but has a lot of good comments before and after on the overall situation.
He has a couple of quotes and memes near the end a couple of which are worth waiting for.

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A video on what Putin has MAYBE done since Sunday. I hope that all the claims that Putin has been purging Russian military and security systems is true - or better still an understatement of what is happening in Russia. The more Putin kills his own people the closer he comes to falling out a window.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtSGpdof_Y
 
Snautzer01 said:
The are not soviets. They are russian. That a whole lot of difference. A whole lot.
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Like what? In Russia we have a former KGB installed as president for life, where the media is controlled by a ministry of truth, where the people are encouraged to denounce one another, where the secret police keeps everyone in fear, where there are no constitutional rights or freedoms, where the military suffers purges, corruption and relies on suicidal meat waves of conscripted citizens and prisoners, where production and wealth is controlled by the president's inner circle, which is itself purged through windows at the whim of dear leader. This sounds more and more like the soviets under Stalin. The only difference is that today's Russia is economically, demographically and increasingly militarily hobbled.
 
Admiral Beez said:
Like what? In Russia we have a former KGB installed as president for life, where the media is controlled by a ministry of truth, where the people are encouraged to denounce one another, where the secret police keeps everyone in fear, where there are no constitutional rights or freedoms, where the military suffers purges, corruption and relies on suicidal meat waves of conscripted citizens and prisoners, where production and wealth is controlled by the president's inner circle, which is itself purged through windows at the whim of dear leader. This sounds more and more like the soviets under Stalin. The only difference is that today's Russia is economically, demographically and increasingly militarily hobbled.
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Size in all fields.
 
Snautzer01 said:
Size in all fields.
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All the players in NATO vs. Moscow (USSR/CIS/Russia) have reduced the size of their forces, though the Poles are rocking it now. Today's Russian, US, German, British, etc. militaries are a tiny fraction of their size during the height of the Cold War. Let's compare the US military from 1985 to 2024, courtesy of (or responsible for any inaccuracies) ChatGPT.

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Admiral Beez said:
All the players in NATO vs. Moscow (USSR/CIS/Russia) have reduced the size of their forces, though the Poles are rocking it now. Today's Russian, US, German, British, etc. militaries are a tiny fraction of their size during the height of the Cold War. Let's compare the US military from 1985 to 2024, courtesy of (or responsible for any inaccuracies) ChatGPT.

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Is that chart supposed to be for all of NATO's assets, because the U.S. Navy currently has 71 active submarines and 11 Carriers in service.

I understand that the Royal Navy has 9 subs and 2 carriers currently, so that alone would make 80 subs and 13 Carriers, not counting other nations.
 
Are you sure about the aircraft carrier numbers? I am under the impression that the U.S. is required, by law, to have 11 carriers. I don't know how ships under refit, re-provisioning, etc, would affect that number.
 
SaparotRob said:
Are you sure about the aircraft carrier numbers? I am under the impression that the U.S. is required, by law, to have 11 carriers. I don't know how ships under refit, re-provisioning, etc, would affect that number.
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Not sure about any law, but currently, the USN has 11 fleet carriers in active service, 1 ready to enter service (CVN- 79), two under construction and 2 on order.
The USN also has 12 Assault Carriers (LHA/LHD) currently active, which then brings the total to 23.
 
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