Russia's army is now 15% bigger than when it invaded Ukraine, says US general
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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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Just an FYI, both sides including conscripted soldiers. Russia is 18 - 30, Ukraine is now 25 - 60.
Okay? Ukraine also has a fraction of Russia's population. Why would that give it a larger army?
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
Forced conscription makes a large military in a country with a huge population much larger. Ukraine isn't even relevant to the equation.
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.