As an American, let me say that right now, what I see in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation truly concerns me. As different as the two
entities are, I almost see the Russian military as the U.S. military in the future, in that the current state of the Russian military is indicative of
what the U.S. military may become as well. Right now, my country is involved in a war in Iraq, a war that I believe we are bound to lose, a war that
is spitting out bills we won't be able to pay, our military, particularly our Army and Marine Corps, are falling into a state of disrepair and
unreadiness, and a bunch of other things you can read about here:
What the Iraq War will come down to
The U.S. military, and perhaps American society as well, is looking at an unprecedented institutional and social collapse all because of poor
militarization and a disasterous war. We are looking at a future that the Russian Federation faced immedietely when the USSR died in 1991. A
demoralized, dispirited, fragmented U.S. military is most likely in the works, possibly worse than we were after Vietnam and at least one some sort of
similar level as Russia. You can see similarities here and there. As rogue1 said, Russia cannot even produce a single computer CPU, or any sort of
high-tech equipment the way they might have done in the old Soviet days. The U.S. is falling behind in the technology department rapidly as well, as
even our high-tech sector depends more on the successes of countries like China, India, and Japan. My prediction is that if the current trend
continues, then 10 years from now, we may see a U.S. military resembling the Russian military is many, if not all characteristics.
My hope is that we will look at the Russian plight and appreciate our significantly better situation and learn to improve it so we will have a
military in the year 2016.
