First thing is to have a economy support a loyal army then nukes. No one wants a revolution in a state with nukes, it will stop others to try agitate your servants against their master.

>>64750539
>No one wants a revolution in a state with nukes, it will stop others to try agitate your servants against their master.
this didn't work for the Soviet Union

>>64750539
What are you going to do, nuke yourself? The way to prevent a revolution in a thirdie shithole is to make it stop being a shithole. Invest in the economy, and make sure the people see a share of that economic growth.

>>64750591
(functioning nukes)

>>64750477
Stop being a shithole
shrimple as

>>64750477
>all of these had strong capable militaries
Did they though?

>>64750477
Make sure they are properly watered

>>64750632
but then this happens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_coups_in_Pakistan

>>64750477
All these retard states decided to take a comically hostile stance to the U.S. underestimating just how much long-term damage that causes. Don't get me wrong the we Americans are massive douchbag bullies and I get the instinct to tell us to go to hell, but we also tend to make our friends and partners pretty fucking rich. And thanks to the power of compound interest, a strategy of long term "fuck you" to America inevitably makes your economy poorer and shittier. And if you're stupid enough to believe the likes of BRICS will help you, you're missing the part where all those countries are intimately linked to the global economy.

>>64750477
I start recruiting German guys to run the oil industry. Whatever they say goes. They will ensure flawless operation and eliminate corruption ruthlessly. Put the military under their control and its primary operation is security for the oil industry.

Once massive funding is secured in this manner and corruption is eliminated, the military will naturally remain capable.

>>64750624
No.

>>64750641
>All these retard states decided to take a comically hostile stance to the U.S.
how was Mubarak hostile to the US?

>>64750477
you do one (1) successful nuke test and claim to have more
nobody will risk finding out if it's true or not

>>64750600
retard, the point is that the revolutions are foreign-instigated, they won't instigate if there's a risk it means noooks will fall into the hands of a terrorist group
they'd rather you be a stable dictatorship with a few nukes than a chaotic terrorist zone where the nukes could end up who knows where

>>64750654
He wasn't. You'll notice it was his own military that overthrew him. That's a separate page of the dictator handbook.

>>64750477
you dont, the weakness is structural and common to all non democratic forms of government
the only way to avoid it is strong, independent government institutions staffed by competent citizens who are unafraid to target the wealthy and powerful in anti corruption probes
Since non democratic governments rely on giving access to corruption and immunity from prosecution as incentives for cooperation with the regime amongst the enforcer class this makes it impossible for them to tackle the issue on any serious level
Structural advantages of this kind are why liberal democracies consistently outperfom their opponents on the battlefield, even when badly outnumbered like in Ukraine

>>64750668
explain South Africa. their military looked a lot stronger when it was a dictatorship.

>>64750658
>you do one (1) successful nuke test
Israel killed your nuclear scientists and the US started drone striking you. You have not produced a nuke yet, and you just received a letter written in your son's blood, he was studying in Switzerland.

What now?

>>64750658
OK but what about the domestic unrest stemming from decades of hideous oppression, gross incompetence and comical economic mismanagement on the part of the government?

>>64750675
The russian military looked a lot stronger before it went into Ukraine too
Dictatorships are good at lying, thats another reason they are so vulnerable to corrution

>>64750658
>retard, the point is that the revolutions are foreign-instigated, they won't instigate if there's a risk it means noooks will fall into the hands of a terrorist group
meanwhile in reality:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Apartheid_Movement

>>64750677
>Israel killed your nuclear scientists and the US started drone striking you.
We made our nuke before doing anything that would upset Israel, so they don't dare touch us, and if they do, Tel Aviv becomes a field of glass.
What now?
>>64750681
Literally doesn't exist. See: North Korea. Unrest is entirely manufactured and they won't do it to you if there's a concern that you might have another nuke rolling around that could end up in say Hamas's hands. If you have nukes, no foreign instigation, zero unrest.

>>64750693
>We made our nuke before doing anything that would upset Israel
Bullshit, goyim existing is reason enough. Prepare for your government to be circumcised.

>>64750683
Apartheid South Africa literally fought a proxy war all-alone against the Soviet Union and didn't lose unlike the US.
>Between 1966 and 1989, South Africa waged a long and bitter counter-insurgency campaign against the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in South-West Africa.[34] PLAN was backed by the Soviet Union and a number of Warsaw Pact member states, as well as several sympathetic, newly independent African governments.[35] It also received considerable combat support from the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) and a sizeable contingent of Cuban military advisors.[36] In response, South Africa underwent a massive military expansion to combat the PLAN threat, which included the formation of several elite special forces units such as Koevoet, 32 Battalion, and the Reconnaissance Commando Regiment.[37] South African troops raided neighbouring states to strike at PLAN forward operating bases, which occasionally entailed clashes with FAPLA[38] and the Zambian Defence Force.[39] This largely undeclared conflict became known as the South African Border War during the late 1970s.[40]

>>64750477
>If you're the dictator of a shithole how do you prevent the hollowing out/paper tigerization of your military over time?
Having a strong economy that isn't run by retards or is a one-not economy. Something that is antithetical to dictatorships

>>64750477
You don't. Paradoxically, if you want to have a strong army, you need competent, well led armies, which cannot happen since you will also need to install generals loyal to you (or that can at least be bought by you)

>>64750477
North Korea seems pretty stable in terms of leadership. Hardcore indoctrination and nationalism to the point where people believe you’re so good at golf that you only ever hit hole in ones. Also tightly control your borders and be a nuclear armed state with a large quantity of munitions.