Re:Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in inte...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @04:05PM
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> and total humiliation of the US
It’s not at all humiliation to the US.
> which the US cannot do anything about in return
The US could just up the tempo of drone operations in the region, if the Russians want to keep hitting them with fighters, well, even with a pretty Russia-friendly by-unit-count success ratio, the impact isn’t like to favor Russia in the long term.
Heck, the US could just make a comment about the incompetence and recklessness it displays and largely ignore it for the same reason.
> because it is no longer a feared superpower.
If it isn’t a feared superpower, why is everything that Russia does framed in fear of the US?
It’s not at all humiliation to the US.
> which the US cannot do anything about in return
The US could just up the tempo of drone operations in the region, if the Russians want to keep hitting them with fighters, well, even with a pretty Russia-friendly by-unit-count success ratio, the impact isn’t like to favor Russia in the long term.
Heck, the US could just make a comment about the incompetence and recklessness it displays and largely ignore it for the same reason.
> because it is no longer a feared superpower.
If it isn’t a feared superpower, why is everything that Russia does framed in fear of the US?