4.) Russians are throwing in first use of nuclear weapons and successfully coordinating electronic warfare and drones.

This is in its operations against Crimea and Ukraine, to locate, jam and then destroy their operational level command posts.

5.) In 2015, they had the world’s fourth-largest defence budget for troops, tanks & combat aircraft.

The Russian military operates a fleet of about 500 drones and successfully coordinates military exercises using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Russia has covertly used drones and robotics technology warfare – including the small optical surveillance and reconnaissance drone Orlan-10- in their operations in Donbass (Ukraine) and Syria.