In the west he has a smallish audience and it's clearly a message that is studiously ignored; in time it will be twisted by opportunists. But frankly, it's too late. The decline in various capabilities and supply chain complexities would require a fundamental repudiation of financialisation and neoliberalism; isn't going to happen - well not without a revolution.
I believe it was a couple of years back when Andrei stated (paraphrasing) that the US MIC produce say 20 units of State of the Art Tanks (game changer battlefield, lol) @ $5 million a throw, per quarter, while the Russians manufacture 100 units of something more fit for purpose tanks per month @ $500k per unit.
Doing the math, 20 units x 4 quarters = 80 units @ $5 million = $400 million per annum, USA. Russia, 100 units x 12 = 1200 units @ $500k = $600 million per annum.
In essence the US MIC could increase their budget 50%, bringing it level with Russia's expenditure and produce 120 units in comparison to Russia's 1200 units. That's a ratio of 1: 10 or 900% inefficiency, call it what you will, I'm thinking economies of scale.
Further, the US's current real military expenditure of $1.3 Trillion ($900 billion declared ) in the Grand Scheme equals out with Russia's military budget of $70 Billion (pre SMO, so we'll generously up this to $130 billion), again showing parity with the above calculations of 10: 1.
Working with the Iranians, North Koreans and China in the long term will see even greater efficiencies, experienced scientific/technological pool of manpower and of equal importance, the materials for production are domestically sourced.
It's time for America/West to discard their Elite and submit an application to join BRICS +/other and pray Putin is more charitable than Bill Clinton when Putin sought NATO membership.
I suspect that in the global arms market, Russia will emerge as the preeminent supplier just as China has become the world's preeminent supplier of other manufactured goods. No other country can beat their quality for price value.
Just make sure you keep the MIC as a largely state enterprise, make sure the execs are nationalists first and greedy bastards second (Or third, after perfectionists), and don't let the MIC start buying politicians with their future profits. It's easier in some ways when you are the 'underdog', there is every incentive to improve, to compete, to innovate, and to keep the system clean(er).
And for the love of everything try to reduce racism so the Russians stationed abroad don't behave like Western troops do.
As Baba Vanga said, the future is Russia's - if you don't balls it up. Russians have earned it through sweat, and faaaar too much blood. And always defensively.
Hopefully, when the BRICS multipolar world takes over from the sadistic, Roman-copy-cat West, military forces will be reduced globally.
I think the last good plane the West developed and built was the Sea Harrier. Still a beautiful plane.
Totally agree. The combined west is in a dead end and lacks the capacity and capability to get out. The current desperation and continual financial earth tremors not to mention the institutional ideological insanity should serve as hints that at most there's a few years but not a decade. Turtling up into garrison states will only accelerate collapse.
I agree. Societies run on the 'Robber Baron' mentality soon crash and burn when they run out of things of others to steal. And what else is the Western 'class' system?
Well today the world sees a clear triumph of reality over creative marketing and coercion. The Russian MIC is probably grateful for the NATO created theatre to showcase Russian capabilities.
In all fairness to America we do produce two weapons that are very useful, one is the innovation of naming the brand of our toilet paper, so you know who the maker is, at least if it is Scott, also we grow marijuana which is legal now. I bet if Russia legalizes marijuana the Arrogant West will immediately fall, Scott tissue and all
The Russian Federation is quite touchy about psychoactive drugs (other than the usual Caffeine, Nicotine & alcohol we peasants ALL get to use because, makes us work longer).
Right after the dissolution of USSR, one of the methods CIA/NATO used to try and separate even MORE regions from the newly downsized RF was to stimulate the set up various opiate trafficking routes and narco criminal funded insurgencies in places like Chechnya, Georgia and our little Albanian puppet state of Kosovo. A lot of these drugs ended up in Europe (more affluent, bigger money could be raised for the agencies black projects) but PLENTY was trafficked to ordinary people in the RF as well. Opiate addiction (and the related social changes) in brand new RF went from nearly zero to a major problem in about 2 years. There were more reasons for RF to try and end the Chechnyan insurgency + stomp on Georgia's military adventurism than "They hate freedom", having such CIA proxies free to operate drug cartels within/on their borders was causing RF serious damage- See linked PDF:
Granted, the economic chaos and despair had a lot to do with the RF population WANTING opiates, just as they do in USA lately as our senescent leadership flushes our hopes, dreams & aspirations down the tubes. But our intelligence agencies did NOT let that crisis in RF "go to waste".
My goodness, Jesus, Mary and Joseph we’re getting our ass kicked in every direction. I’m ashamed it’s disappointing. We have to spend this much money and energy on destruction.
We all wanna live happy lives, which should just be about our family and our livelihood for our families and our society we live in.
About the human excelling and all aspects of his gifts, completely disappointed in our society today.
And the vibe I get from the Russian people and government per se living here in America is they don’t desire this type of world they want one that is built on peace and prosperous for all .
The globalist obviously have a different outlook for our future
Perfect
Andrei Martyanov will repeat ad nauseam "I told you so." All of this is predicted in his book "Losing Military Supremacy" published in 2018.
In the west he has a smallish audience and it's clearly a message that is studiously ignored; in time it will be twisted by opportunists. But frankly, it's too late. The decline in various capabilities and supply chain complexities would require a fundamental repudiation of financialisation and neoliberalism; isn't going to happen - well not without a revolution.
Absolutely!
I believe it was a couple of years back when Andrei stated (paraphrasing) that the US MIC produce say 20 units of State of the Art Tanks (game changer battlefield, lol) @ $5 million a throw, per quarter, while the Russians manufacture 100 units of something more fit for purpose tanks per month @ $500k per unit.
Doing the math, 20 units x 4 quarters = 80 units @ $5 million = $400 million per annum, USA. Russia, 100 units x 12 = 1200 units @ $500k = $600 million per annum.
In essence the US MIC could increase their budget 50%, bringing it level with Russia's expenditure and produce 120 units in comparison to Russia's 1200 units. That's a ratio of 1: 10 or 900% inefficiency, call it what you will, I'm thinking economies of scale.
Further, the US's current real military expenditure of $1.3 Trillion ($900 billion declared ) in the Grand Scheme equals out with Russia's military budget of $70 Billion (pre SMO, so we'll generously up this to $130 billion), again showing parity with the above calculations of 10: 1.
Working with the Iranians, North Koreans and China in the long term will see even greater efficiencies, experienced scientific/technological pool of manpower and of equal importance, the materials for production are domestically sourced.
It's time for America/West to discard their Elite and submit an application to join BRICS +/other and pray Putin is more charitable than Bill Clinton when Putin sought NATO membership.
I suspect that in the global arms market, Russia will emerge as the preeminent supplier just as China has become the world's preeminent supplier of other manufactured goods. No other country can beat their quality for price value.
"incredible price-quality ratio" - we call it 'value'
Just make sure you keep the MIC as a largely state enterprise, make sure the execs are nationalists first and greedy bastards second (Or third, after perfectionists), and don't let the MIC start buying politicians with their future profits. It's easier in some ways when you are the 'underdog', there is every incentive to improve, to compete, to innovate, and to keep the system clean(er).
And for the love of everything try to reduce racism so the Russians stationed abroad don't behave like Western troops do.
As Baba Vanga said, the future is Russia's - if you don't balls it up. Russians have earned it through sweat, and faaaar too much blood. And always defensively.
Hopefully, when the BRICS multipolar world takes over from the sadistic, Roman-copy-cat West, military forces will be reduced globally.
I think the last good plane the West developed and built was the Sea Harrier. Still a beautiful plane.
Totally agree. The combined west is in a dead end and lacks the capacity and capability to get out. The current desperation and continual financial earth tremors not to mention the institutional ideological insanity should serve as hints that at most there's a few years but not a decade. Turtling up into garrison states will only accelerate collapse.
I agree. Societies run on the 'Robber Baron' mentality soon crash and burn when they run out of things of others to steal. And what else is the Western 'class' system?
Well today the world sees a clear triumph of reality over creative marketing and coercion. The Russian MIC is probably grateful for the NATO created theatre to showcase Russian capabilities.
In all fairness to America we do produce two weapons that are very useful, one is the innovation of naming the brand of our toilet paper, so you know who the maker is, at least if it is Scott, also we grow marijuana which is legal now. I bet if Russia legalizes marijuana the Arrogant West will immediately fall, Scott tissue and all
@Grasshopper Kaplan
The Russian Federation is quite touchy about psychoactive drugs (other than the usual Caffeine, Nicotine & alcohol we peasants ALL get to use because, makes us work longer).
Right after the dissolution of USSR, one of the methods CIA/NATO used to try and separate even MORE regions from the newly downsized RF was to stimulate the set up various opiate trafficking routes and narco criminal funded insurgencies in places like Chechnya, Georgia and our little Albanian puppet state of Kosovo. A lot of these drugs ended up in Europe (more affluent, bigger money could be raised for the agencies black projects) but PLENTY was trafficked to ordinary people in the RF as well. Opiate addiction (and the related social changes) in brand new RF went from nearly zero to a major problem in about 2 years. There were more reasons for RF to try and end the Chechnyan insurgency + stomp on Georgia's military adventurism than "They hate freedom", having such CIA proxies free to operate drug cartels within/on their borders was causing RF serious damage- See linked PDF:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handle/20.500.11956/99739/120298719.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1%26isAllowed%3Dy&ved=2ahUKEwiO35Oc6PKJAxX5rokEHYOTBzsQFnoECCgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2uPSf_GeWwa_-aDvf_KceU
Granted, the economic chaos and despair had a lot to do with the RF population WANTING opiates, just as they do in USA lately as our senescent leadership flushes our hopes, dreams & aspirations down the tubes. But our intelligence agencies did NOT let that crisis in RF "go to waste".
My goodness, Jesus, Mary and Joseph we’re getting our ass kicked in every direction. I’m ashamed it’s disappointing. We have to spend this much money and energy on destruction.
We all wanna live happy lives, which should just be about our family and our livelihood for our families and our society we live in.
About the human excelling and all aspects of his gifts, completely disappointed in our society today.
And the vibe I get from the Russian people and government per se living here in America is they don’t desire this type of world they want one that is built on peace and prosperous for all .
The globalist obviously have a different outlook for our future
Giving credence to the demiurge .
following the goal of full-spectrum dominance by any means has its price.
Americans need to wake up to the anti-Humanity deeds of their criminal governments and to the ownership of the US by banksters
One flight hour of the F-22 is estimated at a whopping $90,000.
you need the full sentence to understand it..
One flight hour of the F-22 is estimated at a whopping $90,000.
Thanks!