Good analysis of Russian intentions in Crimea. Unless it’s all a stunt. General Schwartzkopf fooled Saddam with massive armor buildups that feinted. timesofisrael.com/israeli-satell…
"in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker.. to attack a position that is heavily dug in and barricaded, such as the one we had here, you should have a ratio of 5 to 1"washingtonpost.com/archive/politi… 
"Russia has staged around 1,200 tanks for a possible invasion of Ukraine. That’s roughly 300 more tanks than the Ukrainian army has in its entire active force." forbes.com/sites/davidaxe…
Tanks or any kind of armor are dinosaurs. Created to help troops break through trench positions. Now they are just explodey video stars of drone videos. Much cheaper to launch a coup. businessinsider.com/map-shows-poss…
Pretty good video of a T-72 Russian tank. In South Sudan the govt forces used to haul ass and abandon them, engines running, when Machar's crazy White Army rebels attacked with rusty guns and spears. The tank is over.
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