Russia Ukraine war, page-241093

3min ......desert storm ....a BIG Iraqui army protected (use the term loosely) by russ air defence ......US took 139 deaths in the war ,Iraqui forces -45,000
illustrated the inablitiy of russ weapons and russ air defence system to stand up to western weapons

so russia KNOWS .....as US has ramped up and modernised since .....russia are not competitive with the west in conventional warfare

in Chinese territories stolen by russia in the late 1800's ....there are now 40% ethnic Chinese .....and a lot of Chinese investment
russia was worried ......then some documents leaked ......6min50
if Chinese ever attacked and appeared to be successful the plan was tyo use tactical nukes against them

the last part .........the dangers of nuclear blackmail ....and the very bad precedent