So you get jokes.
The commanding officer at the Russian military academy (the equivalent of a 4-star general in the U.S. ) gave a lecture on Potential Problems and Military Strategy. At the end of the lecture, he asked if there were any questions.
An officer stood up and asked, “Will there be a third world war? And, will Russia take part in it?”
The general answered both questions in the affirmative.
Another officer asked, “Who will be the enemy?”
The general replied, “All indications point to China .”
Everyone in the audience was shocked.
A third officer remarked,
“General, we are a nation of only 150 million, compared to the 1.5 billion Chinese. Can we win at all, or even survive?”
The general answered, “Just think about this for a moment: In modern warfare, it is not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but the quality of an army’s capabilities. For example, in the Middle East we have had a few wars recently where 5 million Jews fought against 150 million Arabs, and Israel was always victorious.”
After a small pause, yet another officer – from the back of the auditorium asked,
“Do we have enough Jews?”
What is amusing is that Israel and Russia are really clammy in sharing mil-tech, according to my Russian Studies class back in the times I was a college student (a year ago…). The Russian Jews go to Israel and their new found contacts make it friendly for Israel to share certain tech, like UAVs and such.
The Russians are a practical people.
Good one, and not far from the truth…