European military parade vs Russian military parade
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Displaying your military capabilities in easily photographable areas is objectively a bad idea.
True, but does Europe have to be such fags by not doing that?
Considering how the fighting is going, I am starting to wonder if it isnt all some Sun Tzu esque feint of "Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak."
That's because the Russians copied the Soviets during the Finnish war, they don't have the same kind of battle hardened leaders they did after WW2 and instead have a lot of people who got in by being loyal to the party.
That is very much true. They also fell extremely far behind on the gear side, as is becoming obvious with the lack of optics for rifles, outdated tanks being used, the very sporadic use of missiles, etc. Meanwhile, Ukraine is using stuff that was considered outdated 20 years ago in the West and is actually kicking ass. They have done stuff with Humvee's the original designers didnt think was possible. And this is before they get to commit the new tanks and IFV's they got (which have been photographed running around).
I honestly wouldnt be surprised if this does end much like the war with the Finns did, except this time in a total Russia loss instead of just a pyrrhic victory (since Ukraine is getting support the Finns never got).
Objectively that is a bad idea. If foreign intelligence agencies are gullible you can downplay your military capabilities or up play your capabilities. The parades can also help to spark nationalistic pride and increase recruiting as a side. Military Parades where you stand around in the sun listening to a parade does nothing, but showing of your military capabilities to the populace can help.
The Soviets flew 10 Bison bombers over the parade six times making the US intelligence agents present think there was 600 Bison bombers and there was a huge bomber gap. The Soviets only had 23 Bison bombers.
Is it though? I think of it like flexing in the gym.