This marks the beginning of a deluge of CYA as the 3-letter agencies in Wash. DC attempt to absolve themselves of the guilt for a fubar of epic proportions that left Pres. Biden dangling in the breeze politically and likely enabled this war.
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Ukraine has been an intelligence screw up of Pearl Harbor or 9/11/2001 class, and not just for Ukraine & Russia.
One of the things I've pounded upon is how per blind Western intelligence has been to extremely important labor productivity tools used in NATO militaries and
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One of the things I've pounded upon is how per blind Western intelligence has been to extremely important labor productivity tools used in NATO militaries and
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that were utterly unknown in the Russian.
Pallets, containers, forklifts, cranes and the entire infrastructural suite that goes with them on vehicles and buildings just passed by three generations of western intelligence analysts.
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Pallets, containers, forklifts, cranes and the entire infrastructural suite that goes with them on vehicles and buildings just passed by three generations of western intelligence analysts.
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Since 1943 literally no one asked,
"How many forklifts and other material handling equipment are in a Soviet/Russian artillery unit TO&E."
That is a <bleeping> important question to ask if you are looking at an artillery heavy army.
Yet, nada, for 80 odd years.👀👀👀
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"How many forklifts and other material handling equipment are in a Soviet/Russian artillery unit TO&E."
That is a <bleeping> important question to ask if you are looking at an artillery heavy army.
Yet, nada, for 80 odd years.👀👀👀
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It looks like the Soviets never used these labor saving tools in WW2 and never had to move large tonnages of artillery in their own operations since then to require it.
It was all, "There are plenty more conscripts where that came from, comrade" with two to four man
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It was all, "There are plenty more conscripts where that came from, comrade" with two to four man
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...loads of ammunition individually packed in wood boxes.
Both Korea & Vietnam were artillery heavy power projection wars for the USA so labor saving devices were adopted consistently.
And US intelligence never once actually compared how do the two armies differ in moving
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Both Korea & Vietnam were artillery heavy power projection wars for the USA so labor saving devices were adopted consistently.
And US intelligence never once actually compared how do the two armies differ in moving
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...ammo. It was mirror imaging all the way.
How many other critical cultural-institutional differences have Westerner placed a mirror-image onto its current & future enemies?
I'm looking at China -HARD- right now.
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How many other critical cultural-institutional differences have Westerner placed a mirror-image onto its current & future enemies?
I'm looking at China -HARD- right now.
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