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  • Russia's army has grown bigger despite sustaining losses when it invaded Ukraine, says a US general.
  • US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said the Russian army "is actually now larger — by 15 percent."
  • "Russia is on track to command the largest military on the continent," Cavoli said.
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[–] [email protected] 123 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes, that's what happens when you have forced conscription.

Large doesn't mean effective.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Exactly what the headline is missing. Russia has a larger army and is still ineffective.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just an FYI, both sides including conscripted soldiers. Russia is 18 - 30, Ukraine is now 25 - 60.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

My armchair General theory is that conscription works better for defensive armies than offensive. Taking a random 18 year old and forcing them to go fight in a different country only leads to questions of why they are there. Convincing that same 18 year old that they should sign up to go fight in a different country out of misplaced patriotism works a lot better. Ironically, that means giving people the choice tends to support imperialism more than forcing the issue.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Okay? Ukraine also has a fraction of Russia's population. Why would that give it a larger army?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your argument before made it seem as though conscription was one sided. I'm not arguing with a stranger on the Internet... that'd be silly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Forced conscription makes a large military in a country with a huge population much larger. Ukraine isn't even relevant to the equation.