I have seen articles excusing Russian foundering in Ukraine by intimating that Vlad the master strategist is using old equipment. Keeping the modern high tech stuff in reserve, limiting exposure to western analyst. Russia is a paper tiger. They have prototypes, that look great on paper but are unable to build them to meaningful capacity because of the graft and corruption. They are capable of surgical strikes, but not on an ongoing basis. They are using dumb munitions that create a lot of civilian damage but does not reduce military capacity. China is worse. Imagine a defence contractor that makes a crucial cog in some sophisticated system. It's required to have 20% chromium or nickle. The plant manager decides to cut the percentage to make more money. When put into active warfare the cog fails disabling the system. Worse, every replacement part is crap. Chinese will fuck their grandma over for a buck. They adulterated baby formula with melamine. They have no ethics and they have no empathy. It has been bred out of them. They are like jews.