First satellite. First man in space. First space station. First submarine constructed from titanium. Best ejection seats in the world. First-rate rocket engines. Most reliable and durable battle rifle (AK-47). Excellent fighter airplanes. Maybe not the finest automobiles, but they function in Moscow winter (-42 F lowest, compare to Anchorage, AK at -34 F). Since 1977, they have armed their submarines with a 200-knot rocket-propelled torpedo. Out of the land that produced Dostoyevsky, it also produced Solzhenitsyn. Not to mention Prokofiev and Shastakovich. God is visibly respected in their society.
If you were serious in your comparison, you would pay attention to what they excel in doing, compared to us. Different strokes for different folks.
I was a cold warrior in the defense industry working strategic defense. They were (and are) tough customers. Don't be so foolish as to underestimate them. They were always my mental model of who to emulate to find an engineering solution.
First satellite. First man in space. First space station. First submarine constructed from titanium. Best ejection seats in the world. First-rate rocket engines. Most reliable and durable battle rifle (AK-47). Excellent fighter airplanes. Maybe not the finest automobiles, but they function in Moscow winter (-42 F lowest, compare to Anchorage, AK at -34 F). Since 1977, they have armed their submarines with a 200-knot rocket-propelled torpedo. Out of the land that produced Dostoyevsky, it also produced Solzhenitsyn. Not to mention Prokofiev and Shastakovich. God is visibly respected in their society.
If you were serious in your comparison, you would pay attention to what they excel in doing, compared to us. Different strokes for different folks.
I was a cold warrior in the defense industry working strategic defense. They were (and are) tough customers. Don't be so foolish as to underestimate them. They were always my mental model of who to emulate to find an engineering solution.
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