Haha, in fact, the Soviet Union’s economy is not as bad as everyone thinks. Before the Soviet Union was founded, it was the most backward country in the West. In the 1930s, the Soviet Union purchased Western technology by selling large amounts of grain and using the wealth of the former royal family. , but in the 1970s, for 40 years, the Soviet Union was the second largest economy in the world, with GNP accounting for 75% of the United States. And you also need to consider that the Soviet Union’s huge industrial accumulation made it a large part of its wealth. Not counted.
There are several other problems:
1 Most of the Soviet Union’s allies are poachers, and the AK47 has no patent protection. . . It has been imitated in large quantities by Germany, the Czech Republic, etc. and improved for export. At that time, Vietnam, North Korea, India, etc. were even known as "economic black holes." The Soviet Union invested a lot every year.
2 The development of the Soviet Union was all-round. Before the revolution, 95% of Russians were illiterate, but by the late Soviet era, everyone knew its scientific and technological capabilities.
3. Being called a superpower cannot be determined by just looking at the economy. Therefore, even if Japan can be said to be a "unipole", it cannot be said to be a superpower. For example: Theoretically speaking, even in the most difficult times, Russia, like the United States, is still the only two countries that can fight a war without relying on foreign aid. Today's China and India may have better civilian industries, including computers, than the Soviet Union back then. Although it is highly developed, the core technology used in military computers is still not comparable to that of Russia. In fact, it can be said that it is almost non-existent.