The International Institute for Strategic Studies, a military think tank, said the increase would result in Moscow’s armed forces leapfrogging both India and the US to become only second to China in size.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Kremlin, said: “This is due to the number of threats that exist to our country along the perimeter of our borders.
“It is caused by the extremely hostile environment on our western borders and instability on our eastern borders. This demands appropriate measures to be taken.”
maybe in terms of number of troops, what with their draft and all.
i would wager that US troops have better equipment and training than those comrades
ItchyHoliday2 on
Russia can’t handle Ukraines Army but they think they can tangle with the US.
Delusional.
IllReplacement7348 on
They seem kinda busy right now though.
Foddley on
**Place your bets**: ~2Million raggedy-ass convicts, farmers and teenagers using 1970’s technology VS ~2Million trained soldiers with cutting-edge technology.
ImABrickwallAMA on
As with every time this list comes up. Size ≠ Quality.
NoPhotograph919 on
They gonna pay them in petrified cat turds?
PapayaMajestic812 on
Ukraine already killed and disabled 630k russian soldiers. Keep them coming Pootin.
Foe117 on
more like 2nd largest Untrained Conscripts for canon fodder.
JimmyTango on
Until next month….
Confident-Dentist232 on
How’s their navy doing?
justplainmike on
Still the second best army in Russia
HermionesWetPanties on
They’re talking quantity, not quality.
It’s embarrassing to read this kinda bullshit after 2022. Size only matters if you know how to use it. Ukraine cuckholding Russia highlights the advantage of motivation as well as western materiel and training. Send more lambs to the slaughter. The abattoir is open 24/7.
Golden_Hour1 on
One is in a current war with a draft, and one is not. Hmm
MAGAJihad on
Moscow is running an army that can’t even wage a “special military operation” against land they controlled 30 years ago for literally centuries. Putin running an army that suffered more military casualties since the army of Saddam Hussein.
Bigger isn’t always better.
Nonsense_Producer on
Second largest what? Certainly not an army. More of a hodgepodge collection of drunkards, junkies, prisoners and mentally ill. “Hey, look! We have the largest collection of unmotivated, ill equipped, ill fed people that totally lacks discipline and are useless as soldiers!”
miku022 on
As the Ukraine war has shown, size does not matter that much.
bllueace on
meat shields don’t really mean much
Electrifiedpiss on
Wow, what an impressive quantity of suck.
PommesMayo on
I mean put on a fight between 5 UFC fighters vs 10 normal people and my money would be on the UFC guys. Numbers don’t always win
paxilsavedme on
Oh yes and all trained to be the absolute embodiment of human excellence! That is, the most excellent……. Do I need a sarcasm tag?
ShaMana999 on
Do we count the dead now?
leathercladman on
pumping up numbers with ill trained 18 year old conscripts who die in first month of the war doesnt really make a army ”good’.
Saddam Hussein also had similar ”largest army in Middle East”. When met with actual competent enemy, that army crumbled in less than 3 months and disappeared into nothing
Mageofsin on
The penis is bigger but it wont get hard
Damic_Damic on
Well large does obviously not mean capable.
Deep-Ebb-4139 on
Numbers clearly don’t matter, as Ukraine shows.
chrisloveys on
It depends if you count the heads or the feet.
Rolf_Loudly on
I don’t think the US has too much to worry about from a conscripted army that can’t fight
Oldfolksboogie on
Great example of how meaningless raw numbers are without context.
It’s like measuring naval forces by counting ships, where a littoral patrol boat carries the same weight as an aircraft carrier.
Btw, advance condolences to the families of those lured from destitute countries with the promise of steady work in Russia, only to be dumped at the front lines in Ukraine with little training and even less of a chance of returning home in one piece with a pulse.
1-2-ManyTimes on
Key words here lads are Qauntity vs. Qaulity.
pokemurrs on
They’re gonna have to reanimate a shitload of corpses to pull that off
dustofdeath on
I almost choked on water at this comedic statement.
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Isn’t essentially everyone in NK in the army too? In millions?
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***The Telegraph reports:***
The Kremlin said that it is growing its army to be the second largest in the world as a result of the [threat from the West](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/26/russia-war-nato-usa-troops-tanks-missiles-numbers-ukraine/).
Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree ordering the regular size of the Russian army to be [increased by 180,000](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/25/vladimir-putin-orders-russian-army-increase-troops-137000/) troops to 1.5 million active servicemen.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies, a military think tank, said the increase would result in Moscow’s armed forces leapfrogging both India and the US to become only second to China in size.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Kremlin, said: “This is due to the number of threats that exist to our country along the perimeter of our borders.
“It is caused by the extremely hostile environment on our western borders and instability on our eastern borders. This demands appropriate measures to be taken.”
**Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/17/russian-army-overtake-us-as-worlds-second-largest/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/17/russian-army-overtake-us-as-worlds-second-largest/)
maybe in terms of number of troops, what with their draft and all.
i would wager that US troops have better equipment and training than those comrades
Russia can’t handle Ukraines Army but they think they can tangle with the US.
Delusional.
They seem kinda busy right now though.
**Place your bets**: ~2Million raggedy-ass convicts, farmers and teenagers using 1970’s technology VS ~2Million trained soldiers with cutting-edge technology.
As with every time this list comes up. Size ≠ Quality.
They gonna pay them in petrified cat turds?
Ukraine already killed and disabled 630k russian soldiers. Keep them coming Pootin.
more like 2nd largest Untrained Conscripts for canon fodder.
Until next month….
How’s their navy doing?
Still the second best army in Russia
They’re talking quantity, not quality.
It’s embarrassing to read this kinda bullshit after 2022. Size only matters if you know how to use it. Ukraine cuckholding Russia highlights the advantage of motivation as well as western materiel and training. Send more lambs to the slaughter. The abattoir is open 24/7.
One is in a current war with a draft, and one is not. Hmm
Moscow is running an army that can’t even wage a “special military operation” against land they controlled 30 years ago for literally centuries. Putin running an army that suffered more military casualties since the army of Saddam Hussein.
Bigger isn’t always better.
Second largest what? Certainly not an army. More of a hodgepodge collection of drunkards, junkies, prisoners and mentally ill. “Hey, look! We have the largest collection of unmotivated, ill equipped, ill fed people that totally lacks discipline and are useless as soldiers!”
As the Ukraine war has shown, size does not matter that much.
meat shields don’t really mean much
Wow, what an impressive quantity of suck.
I mean put on a fight between 5 UFC fighters vs 10 normal people and my money would be on the UFC guys. Numbers don’t always win
Oh yes and all trained to be the absolute embodiment of human excellence! That is, the most excellent……. Do I need a sarcasm tag?
Do we count the dead now?
pumping up numbers with ill trained 18 year old conscripts who die in first month of the war doesnt really make a army ”good’.
Saddam Hussein also had similar ”largest army in Middle East”. When met with actual competent enemy, that army crumbled in less than 3 months and disappeared into nothing
The penis is bigger but it wont get hard
Well large does obviously not mean capable.
Numbers clearly don’t matter, as Ukraine shows.
It depends if you count the heads or the feet.
I don’t think the US has too much to worry about from a conscripted army that can’t fight
Great example of how meaningless raw numbers are without context.
It’s like measuring naval forces by counting ships, where a littoral patrol boat carries the same weight as an aircraft carrier.
Btw, advance condolences to the families of those lured from destitute countries with the promise of steady work in Russia, only to be dumped at the front lines in Ukraine with little training and even less of a chance of returning home in one piece with a pulse.
Key words here lads are Qauntity vs. Qaulity.
They’re gonna have to reanimate a shitload of corpses to pull that off
I almost choked on water at this comedic statement.
​
Isn’t essentially everyone in NK in the army too? In millions?