Interesting, yes, but . . . what does "full attention" look like, besides arming Taiwan? I do think there are parallels to be drawn, but they can easily be overdone.
Interesting, yes, but . . . what does "full attention" look like, besides arming Taiwan? I do think there are parallels to be drawn, but they can easily be overdone.I thought this was an interesting interpretation, that China is worried Russia will collapse and then it will attract more western attention.
I think it means things like the TPP.Interesting, yes, but . . . what does "full attention" look like, besides arming Taiwan?
TBH they may not even need to throw Russia off. This whole thing smells like the Spartans at the hot gates. Overwhelming force completely shamed by a smaller, more effective fighting force, so thoroughly decimated that they basically abandoned the campaign when the cavalry showed up. I expect a short series of gains from combined arms assaults with mostly-modern western weaponry on hard ground, followed by a total rout from currently occupied territories, followed by a further total rout from previously occupied territories.Ukraine has about 60,000+ troops training outside of Ukraine in NATO countries. Once the ground dries we will be able to see the impact of this freshly trained forces, hopefully with western equipment. The ground should dry in the south sooner than the northern areas of Ukraine. The most obvious move is for Ukraine to advance in the south and cut off Crimea. For this most obvious move the Russians know it to. Last year the Ukraine's indicated a advance towards Kherson and then did a head fake and launched counter attacks in the North. Ukraine is going to need to figure out a way to throw the Russians off as to what will be the main point of advance for them. Ukraine could wait until Russia strikes and then launch a counter attack. However this would force them to wait, which might not be a option for Ukraine. They are going to need to show they can successfully attack and take back large chunks of their country in the spring-summer of 2023. If this doesn't happen and we get into a stalemate, the west will be more likely to push for negotiated settlement. Russia knows this and hopes by throwing soldiers into the breach they can string things along enough for the west to loose interest. The Republicans so far are playing right into the Russian hands.
Yep it wants the west to have "war fatigue" and make the west think "Russia alone is the bad guy"
The sooner we give weapons to Ukraine to completely end Russia's ability to make war is the sooner we can focus completely on China!
'Careful, or I'll make you fire up your extensive military industrial complex and create a jobs program the US hasn't seen in a century'Putin is trying to play the Vietnam card on the USA, hoping to wear down the resolve of the nation and finally give up its support of Ukraine. The big problem for Putin is that there aren't any US troops being killed over there like it was in Vietnam and as far as I know, that was one of the key factor for pulling out of that war.
The one thing that's of concern to me and assuredly so the Ukrainians is the increasing resistance for providing aid to them coming from Republicans and their sympathy toward Russia as indicated by the conservative propaganda they are conditioned to obey from their "trusted media sources" like FOX.
I don’t think it’s going to work that way. Weapons production is ridiculously high skilled now. Even with massive government commitments, the ramp up would be slow.'Careful, or I'll make you fire up your extensive military industrial complex and create a jobs program the US hasn't seen in a century'
'lol okay'
Today is 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war and it's routinely accepted (and never challenged in my experience domestically or abroad) that it was launched in order to eliminate WMD which never existed. The USA lost 4500 combat troops in the war. That appears to be miniscule compared to what Russia has lost already in their invasion of Ukraine.Russian mobilization never really wound down it just went stealth. They're struggling for meters of ground in a lot of cases with enormous losses in men and equipment that are not sustainable.
There are some people whose zero credibility is a forgone conclusion.By the way does anybody even remember Putins original claim? Wasnt it that he wanted to wipe out fascism in Ukraine?
Is he still running with that story or does nobody even care any more?
I don’t think it’s going to work that way. Weapons production is ridiculously high skilled now. Even with massive government commitments, the ramp up would be slow.
I think China ought to worry about collapsing themselves before Russia or any other country. Although I'm not sure what the implications would be if china collapsed today and democratic powers stepped in.I thought this was an interesting interpretation, that China is worried Russia will collapse and then it will attract more western attention.
Good to see some Aussie home grown tech in Ukraine;
Ukrainian troops use disposable Australian drones made of cardboard
The Ukrainian Army uses ultra-cheap single-use cargo drones to provide logistics tasks in hard-to-reach placesmil.in.ua
I hear that IKEA don't want to be left out of the fun. IKEA ÄBRÅMS M9Ö FLATPACK coming soon....
U.S. trying to speed up Abrams deliveries.
M1A1s being sent instead of A2s.
They're cheaper too so we could possibly send more for the same dollar figure. Curious exactly which model will be provided, maybe M1A1SA with an APU minus the DU armor.
From what I’ve read the M1A1 was extremely effective against Soviet armor in the desert. Hopefully that translates to the Donbas as well.
Modern artillery shells are as sophisticated as torpedoes, if not more.Ukraine needs vast quantities of regular munitions- artillery shells, mortar rounds, bullets, rifles, machine guns. Those don't need highly skilled workers.
Today is 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war and it's routinely accepted (and never challenged in my experience domestically or abroad) that it was launched in order to eliminate WMD which never existed. The USA lost 4500 combat troops in the war. That appears to be miniscule compared to what Russia has lost already in their invasion of Ukraine.