Either way, Russia's air force is out of date compared to China's, who have actually managed to get a 5th Gen Stealth Fighter in serial production with the J-20 with around 50 of them built so far, vs the 15 SU-57s.
It does seem like Russia has no actual capability to build modern tanks and aircraft that compete with modernized Abrams and Leopard 2s, as well as F-22s and F-35s, that actually reach serial production. T-14? Somewhere in the ballpark of 20. T-90Ms? Around the same number. SU-57s? Only 15. They've been trying to make scopes standard issue for years to no avail. The biggest impact the T-14 is going to have will make the next generation of NATO tanks and modernized Leopard 2s and Challengers become equipped with an upgraded
cannon by making the Rheinmetall 120mm they use into a 130mm.
This is supposedly the second largest military spender in the world, but they have had very little modernized equipment in the last decade to show for it, except the newer T-72s and T-80s, which still fucking lack blowout panels which has been a standard in many other armies for decades now, and why we've seen so many tanks with their turrets over 20 feet away from the hull. I knew the Russian military was corrupt, that they make themselves out to be a bigger threat than they actually are (which TBF every military does) but this past month has been a wakeup call for me in terms of just how incompetent Russia's military is.