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Inspired by John Dusk's thread about the NATO/WarPac forces comparison.

What if the USSR, scrapped conscription in it's entire Armed forces and went over to funding a full volunteer force in it's Army, Navy and Air Force?

Not only this, defence spending remains the same allowing more equipment to be purchased and a higher level of readiness to be achieved plus more technicians trained that allow more flight hours for their Air Force aircraft, and more Navy ships to be at sea on patrol similar to Western Navies?.

Would this work?

Would the Politburo allow this?

What would the possible size of the USSR armed forces be after this restructuring?

Regards filers
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