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And remember, these Russian losses are _UNDERCOUNTED_ due to the OSINT technical limitation in recognizing fragmentation damage caused by US & Turkish cluster munitions & airburst 155mm shells.
And this OSINT UNDERCOUNT has been true the entire war.
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And this OSINT UNDERCOUNT has been true the entire war.
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https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1715299685265502461
And please carefully note, SO HAVE WESTERN INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES OF RUSSIAN LOSSES.
EVERYONE forgets the problems of fragmentation battle damage assessments between wars.
Just like they forget actual tire & artillery shell usage rates & the subsequent wartime shortages.
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EVERYONE forgets the problems of fragmentation battle damage assessments between wars.
Just like they forget actual tire & artillery shell usage rates & the subsequent wartime shortages.
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Battle damage assessment errors are the problem everyone wants fixed after a war shows how wrong they were.
But no one wants to pay for the reconnaissance assets and intelligence training to do the mission between wars.
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But no one wants to pay for the reconnaissance assets and intelligence training to do the mission between wars.
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Battle damage assessment errors are the "Eternal Surprise/Eternal Failure" of military intelligence.
One that shows why that word pairing is in the same class of fundamentally humorous marketing as "Jumbo Shrimp."
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One that shows why that word pairing is in the same class of fundamentally humorous marketing as "Jumbo Shrimp."
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