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Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by kspacewalk2 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:46PM (#30532876)
>If this is the state of their conventional military, it raises questions about the state of their nuclear deterrent.

A scary fucking thought. i.e. some of them will stay in silos, but others will be partially airworthy.

>In any case, if China wanted Siberian resources, fomenting a breakaway region would be cleaner than invading.

This would result in a nuclear exchange.

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Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:52PM (#30532966)
> This would result in a nuclear exchange

Possibly. But the exchange would occur on Russian soil. China is more than capable of covertly supporting separatists. Hell, it might not even have to. Just prime the pump and then let the West take over.

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Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by desmosxxx on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:23AM (#30550987)
or they would just nuke chinese cities?
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