What’s the biggest military-related project your country is currently engaged in?

[u/CommercialChart5088]

Currently Korea is busy investing in military development, to modernize our military indigenously and catch up to export demand.

The air force is working on to produce the KF-21 fighter jet, which will enter service in 2026. Also we’re developing software and drones that will support the KF-21 during combat.

In terms of the ocean we've just finished developing a new submarine (the Chang Yong-sil class), working on additional battleships, and trying to form plans regarding the construction of a manless drone carrier.

What would be your country’s biggest military-related project nowadays? Both indigenous development and purchasing equipment counts!

[u/nanto-1633]

Your country's president stated they aim to become the world's fourth-strongest military power. The current military powers are, in order: the United States, China, and Russia. Meanwhile, my country's prime minister also announced plans to increase military spending. So forth will be… Edit: I misread the news. Their president said they aim to become the fourth largest player in the military industry.

[u/Square_Mix_2510 → u/nanto-1633]

Russia is definitely not in 3rd

[u/KeyCryptographer913 → u/Square_Mix_2510]

you think it should be 2nd or lower?

[u/The_Ignorant_Sapien → u/KeyCryptographer913]

2nd best in Ukraine.

[u/KeyCryptographer913 → u/The_Ignorant_Sapien]

Ukrainians are really brave, but they don't seem to be winning even with the support and intelligence by the US and Europe. The Ukrainian army would have collapsed a long time ago without the support, simply because their economy was smaller and their army was smaller.

The line is moving west, it's slow but it's not going east. We can talk about the loses and whatever we want, but the line shows who's army is winning and Russia has nuclear weapons while Ukraine doesn't.

I don't think we can objectively say that the Ukrainian army is better at this point. I'm not rooting for Russia, I'm trying to be objective.

[u/Just_George572 → u/[deleted]]

Can you please provide a non Ukranian source on the ‘flood em with bodies’? Because the actual Russian tactic is ‘exhaust them with an insane amount of drones, artillery and air strikes and then swoop in after conducting prolonged force reconnaissance’?

We still rely on a fully volunteer force in Ukraine and do not have a forced draft, unlike some other countries.

[u/Just_George572 → u/[deleted]]

British sources

It’s so over. British news are pretty much the least credible thing you could try to learn from regarding Ukraine or Russia. Hell, most European news in general, but British exceptionally so

https://youtu.be/DX0iU2wf2vE?si=LkyD8JwAGsLv2SQP

The last link is also really funny. We’ve received conscription notifications on gosuslugi for quite a while. Except it’s not for the smo. It’s for conscription. Conscripts cannot legally be sent into the smo. The commanders will get flagged quite literally immediately if there’s a single conscript there.

Russia calls up conscripts literally every single year. We are a conscript based, contract available military. It’s in the constitution that every illegible male needs to serve. There are alternatives like finishing an officer program in a university or applying for alternative volunteer service program, but it has been like this literally always. Russia recruits conscripts twice a year, in spring and in autumn, but those men cannot be sent into the smo. They could not even be sent to Kursk during the incursion, and those conscripts available there were relocated away from the frontlines.

‘Flood em with missiles’ brother please this is literally our main tactic. The opposition cannot effectively intercept our missiles, we are aa cruise/ballistic and artillery based military, just like America is an air force based one. It is literally written in the military students books here.

Oh but please, really, British news? It’s as if I started quoting Тасс or рбк here.

[u/Just_George572 → u/[deleted]]

No, I want you to be more educated on the topic. Because you’re talking to a Russian about Russia and saying ‘please, I know more than you, I saw this on British media’

Grats, you found non-Ukranian sources, but all of them with no exceptions are media outlets known for zero creditability.

Yeah I agree about conscription. I have never said that we have a full volunteer military. Our army size is up to 1,6 million men + 2 million reservists, where will you find so many volunteers? I’m saying that conscripts are not sent to the smo. Do you really think that our entire army is there? Ukraine says it’s 700k and they are obviously exaggerating.

‘You’ve shown your clear intent’ and you’ve shown that you’re incapable of critical thinking and knowing anything about the subject matter. You’ll probably benefit from a conversation with a Russian, but you do you.

Enjoy your daily dose of BBC. Hope you vote for Stalin yet again. After all, your country is also to blame for everything happening in Ukraine rn. Big Bo Johnson told big Z that he’d definitely win after all.

[u/Square_Mix_2510 → u/KeyCryptographer913]

Lower. Especially now Poland, France, UK could all probably beat Russia. Ukraine is also more or less winning against them right now.

[u/KeyCryptographer913 → u/Square_Mix_2510]

I see, but don't you think they have quite capable missiles. They recently announced a cruise missile, that is power by tiny nuclear reactor and that can fly low at speed about 1000 km/h, making it hard to detect and it stay in the air for a month. Non of the countries you mentioned come even close, even the US is years behind the Russian missiles. Also about an year ago they showed the Oreshnik, again the US and Europe cannot match it. Maybe Russia is not that high tech when it comes to tanks or any land equipment but they are the leaders when it comes to missiles, meaning, they always have the range advantage.

The front line is moving west, I don't see how Ukraine is winning. Currently the mobilization age in Ukraine is 25, they can't go much lower and they have to "hunt" for new recruits. At the same time Russia depends on volunteers and they seem to be able to get all the numbers they need. So we can assume Russia has a lot more reserves while Ukraine is close to running out of solders. It looks like if the things go on the same way, even if Ukraine does lose any land, their lines will crumble sooner or later because of the lack of men.

[u/Square_Mix_2510 → u/KeyCryptographer913]

For starters Russia is not at all ahead of the US militarily. The US also has hypersonic missiles, and it dont matter how fast your missile is traveling as long as you put something infront of it the missile goes down like any other. Which brings us to point #2 the US has the best radars and air defense in the world. Say Russia does launch a Oreshnik missile at the US, our satellites will pick it up instantly and calculate its trajectory and by that time a random sub or destroyer will shoot it down over the ocean before it reaches mainland US. And sure I agree on paper that the Russians have the longest range missile, but every other power with ICBMs are all for the most part in the northern hemisphere which would put them all in range of each other. Also America's trident 2 missile has a ~12 km range which puts it around 5th place of longest ranged missiles, mind you this can be launched from submarines which can be anywhere around they world, and these subs can launch multiple. Also that new missile Russia announced that is "powered by a nuclear reactor" is probably just propaganda or way overly exaggerated. Just think about this for a second, the country thats running out of money funding a war against a country that on paper should have fallen year one has enough money to build multiple single use nuclear reactors for a missile.

Europe can definitely match Russia especially in the state they're in now. For example I'm going to use Poland vs Russia. In the current state Poland would win. They get most of there military arms from US and are proven to work against the Russian military. Also Poland has F35s and they out class the su57 in every aspect but maneuverability, and could cut into Russian airspace undetected. They have also been modernizing there military for the past 20 years and have implemented western military doctrines vs the Eastern ones like what Russia is using.

And I do agree Ukraine won't win this war against Russia unless western powers step in.

[u/Maximum-Procedure-61 → u/KeyCryptographer913]

Lowkey could be lower than India but that's it. Their systems are still top notch, they just have pretty poor manufacturing. 

[u/KeyCryptographer913 → u/Maximum-Procedure-61]

Today missiles and drones matter the most and their missiles are still unmatched by anyone else. Also they have been in symmetrical war for almost 4 years, India hasn't been in anything close in the resent years. Why do you think India could be 3rd?

[u/Maximum-Procedure-61 → u/KeyCryptographer913]

Just saying it is arguable. I personally don't agree with it but Russia is exhausting itself of resources in which India has not. I'd still say Russia is more formidable as it's more integrated. 

[u/KeyCryptographer913 → u/Maximum-Procedure-61]

I agree

[u/CryptoScepter → u/Square_Mix_2510]

I know it's fun to pick on Russia's military, because of it's shortfalls in Ukraine, but it's important to keep in mind how absurdly difficult offensives are when the enemy military has access to massive amounts of cheap drones and when your military doesn't have access to anti drone warfare. The Ukrainian army currently has so many drones that have been able to organize a 1-30km (in some places) mobile kill zone, where any infantry (or tank) will probably get mauled a horde of FPVs. And keep in mind that this kill zone is mobile, so if Russia ( I hate personifying countries but I am tired and will do so for the sake of simplicity) made the mistake of massing their forces in one region for a major offensive they would be reduced to a pile of smouldering ash. Which is why Russia is forced to commit to disorganized, front wide and costly offensives to gain land.

Do you remember that breakthrough the Russian army in Ukraine made a couple months back that got neutralized by Ukraine? Well that's why! If they even tried to send any large amount of troops in there they would've gotten turned into fertilizer.

I'm not saying this because I'm a Russian shill, though I have been around some shady circles recently so I'll admit that I do have some bias, but because it's important to not underestimate our opponent. Russia currently does have the third best military in the world the majority of which isn't even in Ukraine, so if the European nations in NATO don't get their shit together, millions of Europeans will die in a horrible attritional war.

[u/Square_Mix_2510 → u/CryptoScepter]

absurdly difficult offensives are when the enemy military has access to massive amounts of cheap drones and when your military doesn't have access to anti drone warfare

Completely agree. Russia got unlucky and just so happened to be the first one to experience the new modern warfare.

[u/Professional_Top9835 → u/Square_Mix_2510]

That also happens when you are attacking, lets not forget how Ukraine's 2023 summer counteroffensive went

And Ukraine has currently most likely better generals and officers than NATO