Provocative thought: simultaneous deployment of assorted and numerous units to the Western borders of Russia, and their movement back to bases afterwards has a value in itself. Training of full-spectrum support, identifying choke points and weak links, C3 on such scale.
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I presume that this value is much greater than that of "army games", and even exceeds what can be achieved during strategic exercises.
Moreover, it might be the first exercise of such scale managed from single center (incl. aerial command posts) employing modern equipment...
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Moreover, it might be the first exercise of such scale managed from single center (incl. aerial command posts) employing modern equipment...
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...and the first involving all the post-2014 new and re-established units.
What I am trying to say: politics is not the only dimension of what we are witnessing.
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What I am trying to say: politics is not the only dimension of what we are witnessing.
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PS this also means that such deployments might be repeated with lessons learned.
PPS it would be awesome if next time our guys will put existing and future CBMs to good use.
PPS it would be awesome if next time our guys will put existing and future CBMs to good use.
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