Russia's war in Ukraine illustrates how warfare has changed. Tanks & armored personnel carriers have become obsolete. They are too expensive & are easily destroyed with manifold light anti-tank weapons or drones.
Airplanes and helicopters are too expensive and too vulnerable to modern weapons, so they are not much used, but much destroyed.
The obvious winners are the Turkish killer drones, as in the war in Nagorny Karabakh.
Cruise missiles remain effective, but they are expensive.
The obvious winners are the Turkish killer drones, as in the war in Nagorny Karabakh.
Cruise missiles remain effective, but they are expensive.
Special forces remain vital, but they must have high moral and be disciplined. The Ukrainians are, while the Kadyrovtsy have been revealed as cruel and trigger-happy but pretty useless.
The Putin army has been revealed as an obsolete Potemkin army.
The Putin army has been revealed as an obsolete Potemkin army.
I should add that the Ukrainian spring mud has made it impossible for Russian military vehicles to leave the roads, so they are sitting ducks on the roads, as long as the Ukrainians have enough of potent anti-tank weapons.
The overall picture suggests that Putin, Shoigu & Putin's KGB Dresden friend, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov, have concentrated on stealing money from the war budget. Then it is not surprising that nothing works and that the military moral is missing in action.
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