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CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

Re: It's not RAF nor UK It's Nato ...

most of the European military assets are creaking and ancient

To be fair, most of the Russian military is much the same. As is the Chinese[1]. Now, the Chinese have the resources to amend that (and are doing so) but I somehow doubt whether Russia does.

[1] Who was it said "quantity has a quality all of its own"? It's all very well being able to shoot down fighters and bombers but, if the other side has more fighters and bombers than you have missiles to shoot them down with, you have a problem..

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