Russia - threadbanned users in OP

He's already doing most of those things, so what's the threat now? That he will do them...better?

The threat of Russia is 2-fold I feel.

The first is any sense of victory in their attempt to grab land. If they are allowed to succeed, even to a limited degree, it will simply embolden them. The human cost will not mean anything to them, and will try again for any target they feel they can gain for the price of human-wave attacks and a chunk of their Cold War arsenal. And maybe, just maybe they overrun a whole nation. Maybe Ukraine, maybe Georgia, or maybe something more "Western"? Whatever takes their fancy. This threat must be neutralised.

The second threat, which I feel we should be planning for now, is the functional collapse of the Russian Federation. They've pulled the plug on a demgraphic grenade which is still ticking away, and still gripped to their chest. That was on top of a birth-rate dip that echoes from their losses in WWII. They may have already reached a tipping point of unsustainable population loss made irreparably worse by sending so many young men to their death while causing the rest to flee. Their ability to sustain their country will decay, and the likelyhood of factional fighting and civil war seems almost inevitable. All it will take is one of the regional Republics to break away to cause a domino effect. If Russia's military are not seen to be able to quell one rebellion, all bets are off.

Thereafter, things might get a little worse. If Russia fragments into different opposing Republics, all of whom are sitting on Soviet arms, you get a Balkan-style conflict, but by a factor of 10 compared to what happened to Yugoslavia. The world will need to do it's best to somehow to contain all of that and hopefully steer them away from becoming something worse that what we aleardy have to deal with.

I do however I hope that a Russian defeat in Ukraine might give the more democratic elements in Russian politics a chance to actually get into power, and offer a more stable / sane Russia to deal with in future.

Well maybe you should stop "pointing out the results of a nuclear exchange". We know what that result is.

What we also know is that Putin has no intention of doing that. But he likes it very much when we're discussing it, because it brings up fears and those fears will result in decreasing support for Ukraine. So please stop doing what Putin likes.

Putin still hasn't emerged yet. Maybe he is dead, in this round of medical intervention .

Are you looking Germany this is how it's done, count your tanks and send them,

Estonia counted their 155 artillery and sent it all ,

F16s would be great if they gave them the full compliment of air 2 ground munitions that the aircraft is capable of using,

The issue will be how many can be supplied and how many pilots can be trained to a high standard in air combat and air 2 ground munitions,yes they have pilots but they are flying using Soviet era tactics and weapons,

"A nuclear reactor gives the weapon essentially unlimited range"

Where is the unlimited H20 that the steam used to propel the weapon comes from?

I just can’t believe that man is still alive, and not only that but travelling around to fancy shindigs..?

I just checked, he’ll be a neat 100 this year. :o

I'm sure i will be accused of being a "Putinbot" by pointing this out , was Zelensky not knee deep in off shore accounts before the war kicked off ? I seem to remember him being embroiled in the Panama papers scandal . Id imagine its nothing compared to the previous crew who butchered the finances of Ukraine for personal gain over many years , still not a great look for him though . In saying that, im sure it is the last thing Ukrainians will care about if he sends the Russians packing .

British Retired air vice Marshall has a more balanced factual piece on the Germans than the childish echo chamber on here and that’s coming from someone who believes they should send the tanks to Ukraine. But sure what would the retired air vice Marshall know compared to the self confessed international relations mega gobs experts who post conspiracy shite from twitter all day 😂 wiki source😂

Actually unless they are talking to Cuba your not going to find much of a stockpile of Soviet tanks in south America,

Most of tanks in south America are Europen and hybrids

It says there is a condensor within, i'd imagine the steam returns to water after use through condensation and used again in cycle? Water never disappears, it just changes states.