[My Favorite Headache]

These pin point strikes are one thing. No doubt our technology is great for that. Our air defense is better than the technology Russia has. But what can you say about them building civil defenses and having actual dug out bunkers to save at least 70% of their population? What does America have to compare to that?

A true sign is why are they slaughtering their own livestock in massive numbers? Perhaps for stocking?

[Don Joe]

"What does America have to compare to that?"

Pro wrestling.

You can't blame Russia for our stupidity, or for our bread-and-circuses mentality that would result in a massive blown social gasket if we went about building a real civil defense infrastructure. (Even in the darkest days of the cold war, our national "civil defense" system was a joke, capable of nothing more than providing a bit of feelgood propaganda -- "duck and cover" for grownups.)

I think Russia is anticipating the likelihood of a major war -- with China.