Re <<Can anyone explain why this is needed?>> some guesses ... that could be ...
0. ensuring survival of Russian homeland
1. defending Russia from expanding nato
2. because it is doable, and so best to go for first-mover advantage
3. because strategic competitors working on the same sort of tech
4. to make sure that the 700+ plant girdling competitor bases remain under management
5. much less expensive than maintaining 700+ bases to counteract 700+ bases
6. exactly like the sputnik, except more direct, to the point, and deliverable by multiple means
the Boyz play well together, coming up with novel solutions to clear and present imperatives
when the jack and I, and at times with the coconut in toll meandered through Russian technology museums, much of them had to do with war and weapons and defence against war, and the space museum is just extension of same, the thought occurred to me that the Russians are pretty good at what they do, just short of commercial instinct or guidance to ensure economic sustainability.
however, given the size of the Russian GDP throughout history relative to that of competitors and invaders, they have done very well in defending themselves at the end of each war.
I could and cannot answer jack's question re why Napoleon and Hitler thought they could win attacking Russia.
In the way the Chinese traditional medicine concerns about yin vs yan, Russia is necessary, because all yin and no yan is a recipe for disaster, as would be all yan and no yin.
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