Long before the Bolsheviks the Russians have seen railway logistics a key to defensive or regional war. Inside their boundaries they can move troops and supplies highly efficiently. It may even help in an invasion of a neighbor that has a compatible rail network that can be commandeered. Rail can move a tremendous volume of stuff at low cost, when they tried to invade Kiev they had to go by road and had a terrible time with sustainment.
The U.S. ability to communicate by air and sea has global reach (why I said ‘one of the best’) but in its range you can’t beat the low cost and high volume of rail.
Long before the Bolsheviks the Russians have seen railway logistics a key to defensive or regional war. Inside their boundaries they can move troops and supplies highly efficiently. It may even help in an invasion of a neighbor that has a compatible rail network that can be commandeered. Rail can move a tremendous volume of stuff at low cost, when they tried to invade Kiev they had to go by road and had a terrible time with sustainment.
The U.S. ability to communicate by air and sea has global reach (why I said ‘one of the best’) but in its range you can’t beat the low cost and high volume of rail.