• @[email protected]
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    793 months ago

    This.

    The Russians are famous for losing ships. They’ve been doing it for fucking years. They lost what two whole fleets to the Japanese a hundred years ago. So, they are just bound to lose a fleet or two in whatever engagement they are in. I’m surprised they haven’t lost one with their African excursions latelt.

    Whereas with this, they are supposedly a near peer to the US in land air war (they aren’t). Invasions of Russia tend to turn out poorly. So if this sticks it is just humiliating.

      • @Rakonat
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        63 months ago

        I prefed Drachinefel’s video on it, and all the fuckery the Chamcatchka got up to.

    • Captain Aggravated
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      153 months ago

      Wasn’t there like this whole expedition where a Russian fleet sallied forth to sail basically to Japan or something and they were so fucking incompetent it’s a wonder they didn’t drain the ocean?

      • @[email protected]
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        63 months ago

        Yeah, that was I think the Baltic fleet (might have been Black Sea) going over to do some revenge on the primitive Japanese after the Japanese sunk the Russian Asian fleet.

        • Captain Aggravated
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          93 months ago

          And they would have ruined everything along the way if they weren’t comprehensive fuckups? Like they shelled a British fishing fleet and scared off all the fish, that kind of thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 months ago

      God I want to see them lose a fleet in CAR it would be funnier than losing to a country without a navy

    • @mojofrododojo
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      3 months ago

      They lost what two whole fleets to the Japanese a hundred years ago.

      yeah that one makes me want to see a repeat. it was so perfect, the ideal intersection of hubris vs skill and hilarious ‘doubling down’ on failed adventurism.

      just on that note, hey, China, the nine dash thing isn’t working. Instead of picking a fight with the entire south pacific, perhaps… take a cue from the Russo-Japanese war - look north man, there’s shittons of resources up there, and space… tons of space. Hell, get Yongmingcheng back and just… see where it goes.

      THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL NOT COME TO RUSSIA’S AID. Give it a nibble, russia’s had ages to exploit these resources and barely sprinkled the lands with their people.

      You could fight everyone in the south pacific over taiwan, or, you could fight the second best army in russia. So many benefits.

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        33 months ago

        I’m sure they could come up with a bullshit map somewhere to justify it. Just send it Trump with a sharpie or something.