Russia - threadbanned users in OP

No I stand by what I and that hasn't changed one bit ,

No matter how many new accounts try to tell me I said this and I said that.

So unless you have anything new to bring up your wasting your time trying to jump on this .

China and Russia about to jointly declare world war I think xi visit was to let putin know the date

Taiwan looking very dodgy at the minute

Western democracies has no stomach for conflict China sees Russia getting away with the grotesque violence against a sovereign state virtually unchallenged aside from a few delayed weapons delivery's

A no fly zone was needed at least

Now we have been to slow and late bye bye Taiwan

What, you mean that "enciclement" nonsense the Chinese pulled a few days ago because they got pissy (again) about Taiwan and the US being nice to eachother? Taiwan looking "dodgy"? "Bye Bye Taiwan?" My friend, kindly put down the People's Daily for a second and reflect.

The PLA is little better than the Russians when it comes to the quality of material and combat doctrine. The main difference with China is that they simply haven't pissed so much of what they have away in a poorly planned annex attempt. China has nothing to lose by waiting and making a few quick bucks from the Russians. They have everything to lose if they actually come forward and start a war.

Being able to fight for 2 more years means very little in terms of what might be accomplished or the ultimate outcome.

Nazi Germany fought for two entire years past the war being irreversibly lost, with absolutely no chance of victory at any point during that time. All they were doing was staving off inevitable defeat by sacrificing millions of men in a completely unwinnable war.

Russian land forces have already lost the best of everything it had prior to the war, having made incredibly little progress at enormous cost.

At this stage they're looking at increasingly diminishing returns. Having massive stockpiles of outdated equipment can maybe ensure they'll keep going, maybe make some limited gains, but it's not going to lead to ultimate victory and it's not remotely sustainable.

Putin seems to operating out of the Hitler playbook, desperately hinging on something external happening that'll reverse their misfortune or allow them to stabilise on a permanent basis. Political fractures, ending of western support, etc.

From a purely military POV Russia can continue to do major damage and occupy Ukrainian lands at enormous cost to themselves and their economy, but it's not capable of mounting war-winning offensives.

AFAIK Iraq did not have any t90s during the Kuwait war

What I find intriguing with all those aerial shots offie,dos and fields of all types of tanks -in Moscovy lined up in THE OPEN and if there for a year they must have been subjected to very harsh weather. One must wonder how operational they all are - unless they are started frequently, anti freeze is used, etc, etc,etc. these aerial shots remind me of the hundreds of air planes parked up in some of the deserts in the US because , I assume , they are gone past their sell by date re fratigue, etc

Over 100 BT2s? Did they have that many?

And by the looks, that screenshotted tweet is a pro-orc account

edit: Moscow claims, translation - BS

https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-shot-down-over-100-bayraktar-tb2-drones-in-the-ukraine/?amp

Truly horrific. Mordor is a country of monsters.

I qualified the post with "???" You should know what that means. It means it is something that can be discussed. Don't use language like that with me again. You are on my ignore list.

Taiwan is safe. China only has the ability to land 25k men amphibiously they totally lack the hardware (Germany same problem in WW2). It's estimated around 2 million men would need to be landed to take the island and that's just not happening in this decade. Taiwan straits are very treacherous to cross in the good season and outright impossible most of the time. Taiwanese are dug in like ticks (70 years prep). It's all hot air from China. The best they could do is launch missiles en masse for spite at civilian targets and infrastructure.

T-72 T-62 T-54/55 all totally outclassed

From breach to cease-fire, the battles of Desert Storm lasted a bit under a hundred hours. Between 25,000 and 50,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 80,000 captured. Of the 219 U.S. soldiers who died, 154 perished in battle, too many of them in friendly fire. 

About 3,300 Iraqi tanks were destroyed in desert battles and by air attack. The coalition lost 31.