Russia in the 21st Century [Superthread]

[Eaglelord17]

If it's anything like over here, they would have to resurrect truck frames with journal boxes. I have a friend who has babbitt moulds for old engines and creating the right alloy mix is quite an art. I would bet not many current railway workers would have any working experience with them.

Pretty much only the hobbyists at this point. Generally with knowledge passed down second or third hand from the people who actually dealt with that technology on the regular.

 

[McG]

The agressive revanchist state is weak. Victims are now being called to stand-up together against it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1821531614192492712

 

[suffolkowner]

The agressive revanchist state is weak. Victims are now being called to stand-up together against it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1821531614192492712

Georgia and Moldova I can see but Finland, Japan, and Poland is asking for trouble I think

 

[McG]

Georgia and Moldova I can see but Finland, Japan, and Poland is asking for trouble I think

I suspect you are correct. A NATO or G7 nation hitting Russia is something that might trigger their nuclear response. But one of the colonies? Not so much. I think now is the window for any little neighbours to push back against (reverse) Russian colonialism & irredentism. Likely also the window for any Russian republics with aspirations of independence.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

If it's anything like over here, they would have to resurrect truck frames with journal boxes. I have a friend who has babbitt moulds for old engines and creating the right alloy mix is quite an art. I would bet not many current railway workers would have any working experience with them.

When a antique tug came in for a engine rebuild. They had to find a old retired guy to come in and lap the main bearings. Some skillsets fall to the wayside.

 

[KevinB]

Georgia and Moldova I can see but Finland, Japan, and Poland is asking for trouble I think

Japan could as they never recognized the claims, plus they aren’t NATO.

Königsberg/Kaliningrad well that’s another show that could drop. I suspect most the residents would vastly prefer to be in back in Germany, but would probably accept Poland or Lithuania due to how the German border was altered after WW2.