Not long ago on an overseas tour I got to talking with a Russian who served in their Army, which runs their ICBMs. He told me that by the end of the Cold War, their star-tracking systems were landing their ICBMs within 100 meters of their targets (after traveling thousands of miles).
Some people here may not like Putin, but Russia (like China) still teaches math CORRECTLY to their kids, and therefore they both have a HUGE advantage over us when it comes to engineering.