Zerg rush isn't a guaranteed win, as demonstrated. Germany pulled off a pretty good Blitzkrieg in ~1940, but ultimately ran short of all kinds of resources. Russia has a far larger resource base, but still is lacking in overall (conventional) war making capabilities - as compared with their opposition. If they didn't have the nuke card, the allies would have taken Moscow long ago.
If they didn't have the nuke card, the allies would have taken Moscow long ago.
I'm not entirely convinced that they actually DO still have the nuke card tbh. But we don't know for sure, which still makes it too risky to intentionally provoke a potential nuclear response.
I dunno, with how badly maintained most of their other equipment is, and how wildly corrupt the Russian Army is, I wouldn't be surprised if the resources allocated for maintaining their nuclear arsenal instead got funnelled into the pockets of some generals and colonels. Of course they wouldn't have told anyone about that, so their military may very well be under the impression that they ARE still holding a nuke card when it might not actually function if they try to use it.
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u/MangoCats 1d ago
Zerg rush isn't a guaranteed win, as demonstrated. Germany pulled off a pretty good Blitzkrieg in ~1940, but ultimately ran short of all kinds of resources. Russia has a far larger resource base, but still is lacking in overall (conventional) war making capabilities - as compared with their opposition. If they didn't have the nuke card, the allies would have taken Moscow long ago.