The Russians don&#x27;t rely as much combat air support - they do not care about the cluster munition bans at all making the US seem positively humanitarian.<p>They&#x27;ll remove entire map grid squares with artillery. The Russian army has always been an artillery force that happens to also have lots of tanks, planes and infantry.<p>Combine that with the disparity in willingness to take casualties and you can see why perhaps the West isn&#x27;t that interested in risking a conflict with Russia or China over regional aggression. The really interesting part will come if Putin decides to test NATO over a small Baltic member state...