I was mainly going off the Soviet navy doctrine, which AFAIK specified carriers as "tools of imperialism" (which is also why USSR haven't bothered with them, only making carrier cruisers)
Tinfoil hat time: this is a PR move to preemptively counter the news of said tanks getting rekt. Media will be all "Well akschually these aren't real Abrams, the real Abrams woulda deflected them missiles and loiters and shells riiiight back!"
It does make me wonder if the Yankee ruling class is at least vaguely aware of ML theory. They impose both the economic system and the sociocultural superstructure that supports and justifies the economy.
Indeed. And it's not just liberal ideology. It's the whole package. Ever wondered why English is practically the current universal language? Why everyone knows Hollywood actors, but often can't name their own country's great figures?
How modern? There's a saint's remains somewhere around Vladimir (I forget where), and apparently the church had to put it under glass, because pilgrims kept trying to pinch a bit out of either the body or the coffin. Sometimes even trying to bite out a piece
I was mainly going off the Soviet navy doctrine, which AFAIK specified carriers as "tools of imperialism" (which is also why USSR haven't bothered with them, only making carrier cruisers)