RE: Russia and Ukraine
March 4, 2022 at 11:30 am
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2022 at 11:42 am by Anomalocaris.)
when i appraised their forces as inadaquate, news reports pegged the forces deployed at 100,000 troops, just over half of what he was later said to be deploying, which was 180,000.
and yes, it could be plan c. the key to military success is not to ensure plan A works. it is to ensure some of of the numerous plans singly or in combination called for by circumstances, plus any necessary improvisation, works together.
ability to adapt and improvise at was long thought to be a major weakness of the russian and soviet armies. A main Past WWII soviet military develop goal was to correct this at operational as well as tactical level. By late 1980s the soviets believed themselves superior to NATO in at both levels. In this it appears they have not lost it all at the operational level since the fall of the USSR, even though they seem to have regressed a lot on the tactical level.
and yes, it could be plan c. the key to military success is not to ensure plan A works. it is to ensure some of of the numerous plans singly or in combination called for by circumstances, plus any necessary improvisation, works together.
ability to adapt and improvise at was long thought to be a major weakness of the russian and soviet armies. A main Past WWII soviet military develop goal was to correct this at operational as well as tactical level. By late 1980s the soviets believed themselves superior to NATO in at both levels. In this it appears they have not lost it all at the operational level since the fall of the USSR, even though they seem to have regressed a lot on the tactical level.
