Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "Where are Russia's T-80s?" video.

@looinrims you do realize that "americans" are main trade and technological partner for China while Russia does jackshit in both those fields and is mostly a deadweight/outright antagonistic on diplomatic stage, only listening to chinese suggestions when Russia completely sat into the puddle, be it politically, economically or militarily. Russia isn't an ally to China, it's a leech.
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@Lawofimprobability which benefits? Losing T-80 to the country that produces them? When Russia loses T-72 or T-90, ukranians have to strip it for parts to repairs others. When Russia losses T-80, Ukraine has an ability to fully restore and refit those tanks, especially if they have access to parts shipments for electronics or other components they don't produce themselves. Or enough older T-64/80 to cannibalize for parts. Send T-72/90 > Ukraine captures a 33% "return" on a tank at best, needing multiple vehicles to get one operational Send T-80 > Ukraine gets 90% of active tank upon each captured one. So sending T-80 makes ukranian tank forces grow, sending T-72/90 makes losses grow on both sides.
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@stephenjacks8196 as you yourself pointed out, it's better for China to use DPRK as a scapegoat for any attack on Russia. If Russia is weak, even noth korean military would be able to do serious gains in short order without involving China or causing major international incident(nobody is going to help Russia if it's attacked by nation perceived as smaller). And if Russia would have somehow turned out to be stronger then expected(yeah, sounds like a joke nowadays) or uses tactical nukes, it will be north korean lives lost, not chinese. Same way as any chinese attack on India would be done by Pakistan.
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