Ukraine didn’t murder hundreds of civilians, women, children. You lost all credibility with this attack. You acted as savage terrorists. And now Hamas brings death and destruction upon Gaza.
China can produce a lot of equipment, the Soviets also did the same. At the height of the Cold War the Soviets had a 650 ship Navy, over 50,000 tanks, tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. It didn’t matter because the US offset those advantages with Assault Breaker technologies.
Unless you...
No, you just can’t handle the new reality. That China is increasingly unlikely to surpass the US economy, and the US will remain the preeminent economic power until the Sun envelops the Earth.
Now you have to cope with that, cherry pick statistics, and come up with every excuse in the book for...
It’s what you use now. When I joined this forum in 2014 all you cared about was nominal GDP. No one gave a sh*t China surpassed the US in PPP in 2014. Back then Chinese were predicting Chinas nominal GDP to grow 2-4X US GDP.
Now that China won’t surpass US nominal GDP, the PPP little pinks...
Largest most scientifically and technologically advanced economy in human history. PPP GDP per capita over $80K with highest disposable incomes in the world. Dominate militarily, dominate in space, dominate culturally. Greatest universities and companies in the world. Greatest minds and...
PPP, which absolutely no one uses to measure relative national power. PPP is only useful when measuring individual standard of living. Real money is real power, not how much you pay for a loaf of bread at the grocery store.
Russia holds 17.5% of Ukraine currently, that’s including Crimea. Russia held 7% prior to the invasion. Russia has gained a net 10% of Ukrainian territory since Feb ‘22.
So an additional 10% of Ukrainian territory for 300K dead and wounded, 12,500 equipment losses. Lost the strategic battles...
You are completely delusional. Russia has been skull dragged since February ‘22 with no end in sight.
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing. The absolute pummeling the Russian Army has taken. The complete ineffectiveness the Russian Air Force has shown against a few dozen ex Soviet aircraft or...