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submitted 2 years ago by doo@sh.itjust.works to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

If anything, russia is showing clear signs of sunk-cost fallacy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalation_of_commitment

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I generally agree, but the devil is in the details. An order of magnitude more casualties would be approximately the entire Russian army and its reservists. It's currently thought that an army loses operational efficacy at 30-40% losses.

[-] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Assuming the Russian army had any operational efficiency to begin with.

[-] StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk 1 points 2 years ago

Looking at WW2 numbers, they still have some way to go and I suppose you don't need to worry too much about defending other borders, as long as you giver a finger over the nuclear suicide button.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Why should we suppose that the current Russian military is as resilient as the Soviet one was?

Come to that, why should we suppose even their nukes are in similar condition?

It's been decades of essentially government by organized crime and kleptocracy in Russia. Their shit is wack, in the parlance.

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