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.
wgszpieg on
Wpnder if they’re mad enough to actually consider attacking NATO
inquisitor345 on
We shall see how many soldiers they have left after Ukraine has their way with them.
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
Not_A_Bot_Ur_J_Mad on
Cool
They still stand no chance of winning a conventional war with the US
But good luck with those T-54’s, I guess
xXxXPenisSlayerXxXx on
Togo got a stronger army than 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
WorriedTrainer8860 on
as always only on paper
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.
BunRabbit on
Yet it keeps getting its ass handed to it by an army that ranks 21st in the world.
SutMinSnabelA on
Only if you include mia’s
Pops_Perkins on
How can he just say “I want the second biggest army in the world “ well his soldiers die every day and people assume this is going to happen?” Like he didn’t want this before the war.
greenindeed on
Army of bums
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!”
MedicBuddy on
Great, more human fertilizer for the fields of Europe.
miku022 on
As the Ukraine war has shown, size does not matter that much.
GlitteringElk3265 on
Yeah but our guys get equipment and training
leonardosalvatore on
Yep, sure. Ants have one of the biggest army on this planet too!
Lollerscooter on
What kind of joke news is this? Just because the president dictator declares something, it doesn’t equate it to be a thing in the real world.
Why do established press keep treating bad faith actors like they are normal?
What is this junk???
CplKingShaw on
Paper tiger.
bllueace on
meat shields don’t really mean much
Le1jona on
Dickheads ?
WillemBever1988 on
“army”
JoshuaSweetvale on
This is purely ‘big plans’ from Putin on down.
Xilzik on
Russian army is in the bronze age while the US is over there using Photonman and Bigdaddy.
SuperRetroSteve on
I mean… ok? It’s mostly just meat. Most of their “good” land vehicles and artillery are gone and production is unable to keep up with replacing said losses. The Soviet stockpiles are vast but are dwindling, having to canibalize more and more tanks just to get another old one working. the training is… just not there. The economy is in trouble and getting worse due to sanctions and a shrinking of the workforce. What they have left is their nuclear arsenal and there’s no guarantee how much of their stockpile even still works. Granted, even just 1% is enough to cause a LOT of problems but even they aren’t stupid enough to use them unless they’re being seriously attacked, something far more than the Kursk incursion or any military targets in country Ukraine the West lets them hit. Why? Those at the top aren’t ready to die. The “Russia Stronk, Launch Many Nukes” Flavor-Aid is for the masses, not for them. They know full well that they have no hope of winning a nuclear exchange. All they’d do is guarantee the end of the Russian civilization and the West, though damaged badly, would most likely continue on.
This is a pile of mostly nothing. Take note and continue with plans as normal.
Fuskeduske on
Second largest cannon fodder
bblack138 on
Ahh, I remember in 1991 when one of the largest armies in the world, the mighty Iraqi Army, invaded Kuwait. Largest doesn’t equate to most effective.
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
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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.
Wpnder if they’re mad enough to actually consider attacking NATO
We shall see how many soldiers they have left after Ukraine has their way with them.
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
Cool
They still stand no chance of winning a conventional war with the US
But good luck with those T-54’s, I guess
Togo got a stronger army than 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
as always only on paper
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.
Yet it keeps getting its ass handed to it by an army that ranks 21st in the world.
Only if you include mia’s
How can he just say “I want the second biggest army in the world “ well his soldiers die every day and people assume this is going to happen?” Like he didn’t want this before the war.
Army of bums
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!”
Great, more human fertilizer for the fields of Europe.
As the Ukraine war has shown, size does not matter that much.
Yeah but our guys get equipment and training
Yep, sure. Ants have one of the biggest army on this planet too!
What kind of joke news is this? Just because the president dictator declares something, it doesn’t equate it to be a thing in the real world.
Why do established press keep treating bad faith actors like they are normal?
What is this junk???
Paper tiger.
meat shields don’t really mean much
Dickheads ?
“army”
This is purely ‘big plans’ from Putin on down.
Russian army is in the bronze age while the US is over there using Photonman and Bigdaddy.
I mean… ok? It’s mostly just meat. Most of their “good” land vehicles and artillery are gone and production is unable to keep up with replacing said losses. The Soviet stockpiles are vast but are dwindling, having to canibalize more and more tanks just to get another old one working. the training is… just not there. The economy is in trouble and getting worse due to sanctions and a shrinking of the workforce. What they have left is their nuclear arsenal and there’s no guarantee how much of their stockpile even still works. Granted, even just 1% is enough to cause a LOT of problems but even they aren’t stupid enough to use them unless they’re being seriously attacked, something far more than the Kursk incursion or any military targets in country Ukraine the West lets them hit. Why? Those at the top aren’t ready to die. The “Russia Stronk, Launch Many Nukes” Flavor-Aid is for the masses, not for them. They know full well that they have no hope of winning a nuclear exchange. All they’d do is guarantee the end of the Russian civilization and the West, though damaged badly, would most likely continue on.
This is a pile of mostly nothing. Take note and continue with plans as normal.
Second largest cannon fodder
Ahh, I remember in 1991 when one of the largest armies in the world, the mighty Iraqi Army, invaded Kuwait. Largest doesn’t equate to most effective.
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