Putin’s Historic Miscalculation May Make Him a War Criminal

Re:Putin’s Historic Miscalculation May Make Him a War Criminal by alephxyz on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:28PM (#30480928)

I can't even imagine how much worse Afghanistan would've been if the Taliban had access to modern antivehicle weaponry. Something like an NLAW or Javelin costs about 1/100 what a modern Russian tank costs and takes little training to use.

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Re:Putin’s Historic Miscalculation May Make Him a War Criminal by onlyrealcuzzo on Saturday February 26, 2022 @02:34PM (#30481000)

Let us all be glad that - at least for now - it is several orders of magnitude cheaper to defend than to attack (beside crazy things like nuclear weapons).

Example: stingers have 95% accuracy on jets - cost ~$20k. Jets cost $40m+.

Tank cost $5m+. Javelins cost ~$180k.

Patriot missiles cost $1m. Bombers can cost $500m+

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Re:Putin’s Historic Miscalculation May Make Him a War Criminal by MrRiddle on Sunday February 27, 2022 @06:46AM (#30487401)

Well, they definitely have now.

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