Russia's big advantage has always been its raw materials most of which they haven't even begun to extract.
It is said that there is far more to be discovered beneath the Siberian ice if the government wasn't so dysfunctional and corrupt.
However all the money gained from their raw materials is not invested in the places where it comes from but in Moscow, the military, welfare and Putin's friends instead.
Also, Europe one of Russia's biggest buyers has fucked themselves by having Germany shutdown its nuclear power plants and fully moving to renewables.
They can't sustain themselves yet without nuclear power so Russian energy is required to keep the lights in Berlin on.
The Dutch are making pretty much the same mistake by reducing gas extraction because it causes earthquakes, banning 'fracking' for environmental reasons and also not doing nuclear power.
However, solar and wind energy can't provide enough power so we will soon be more dependent on the Russians as well.
US LNG is a pipe dream because I believe there is about one terminal able to process the tankers and on the US side the infrastructure is also lacking to export large quantities.
Which is why the Russians and Germans are working on Nord stream 2. A second pipeline from Russia to the German heartland, bypassing Ukraine. Which will double the quantity of Russian gas exports to Europe.
I remember watching a Nova documentary about the F-35 many years ago and just from looking at that fugly ass plane I knew it was gonna be trash
All we need is Tom Cruise to board one in Top Gun II and it'll be coolest plane ever and tens of thousands of kids will sign up for flight school in all NATO areas.
The Russians and Chinese can never beat the Cruise Missile.