It didn't stop them in Stalingrad. They have previous in this regard. Pair up the men, one gets a loaded gun and the other 2 bullets. Off you go, and if you turn back this man here will shoot you. And he will, because he knows that it be refuses he's the next to get 2 bullets and a pointed finger.
Russia has always had 2 great weapons - great open spaces in which to exhaust enemy supply lines and millions of men. This time they don't have the first, but they're only just starting with the second.
I don't think this kind of thing works in contemporary warfare. Didn't Iraq have a much larger army than the coalition in the first Gulf War and yet it was routed in a few days.
The other great advantage the Russians had in WWII were vast quantities of food and military matériel supplied by the Western Allies, without which they could very well have lost the war. They won't be getting that this time round.It didn't stop them in Stalingrad. They have previous in this regard. Pair up the men, one gets a loaded gun and the other 2 bullets. Off you go, and if you turn back this man here will shoot you. And he will, because he knows that it be refuses he's the next to get 2 bullets and a pointed finger.
Russia has always had 2 great weapons - great open spaces in which to exhaust enemy supply lines and millions of men. This time they don't have the first, but they're only just starting with the second.
Absolutely. Part of why Ukraine are reclaiming land now.Big difference in defending the motherland, than invading a neighbouring country.
Interesting question. I'm no military expert, depending upon many other factors the willingness to simply throw numbers at it has to count. How many is anyone's guess.I don't think this kind of thing works in contemporary warfare. Didn't Iraq have a much larger army than the coalition in the first Gulf War and yet it was routed in a few days.
Yes, you'd think so, but the Americans are really shockingly bad at winning wars by throwing vast amounts of technology at the problem. It supposes that the enemy lines up in plain sight and waits for the air strike to be called.absolutely. If the Americans give the Ukrainians a few AC130s they will make mincemeat of poorly equipped soldiers on the front lines armed with WW1 rifles
Putler insists he has super-weapons and he’s not bluffing. I think his Sportspalast speech is only a few months away.Also, the population of Russia is only 146 million. A bit more than Germany and twice France or the UK. So the massed cannon fodder system won't work, even assuming that with today's more technological warfare it could. Also, it is no longer made up of millions of factory workers and farmers harnessed to a totalitarian Soviet system for which they would obediently sacrifice themselves when confronted by a Nazi invader. And as said already, they don't have the massive supply of aircraft, jeeps, trucks and raw materials that the Allies, mainly US industry, sent them in 1941-45.
Seems ludicrous, grotesque, that in 2022 we are seriously discussing the possibility of all-out war with Russia!
It may have been. I was only referring to the current "referenda" on joining RF.I thought there were referenda held in 2010 (?) for some kind of autonomy from Kiev, but that Kiev then ignored the result. Or am I remembering wrongly?
You’ve just described a potentially frightening scenario. Putin gets bumped off by a right wing rival who pins it on spies from Britain, with fake passports, hotel bookings and airline tickets presented on Russian state TV the same evening (thanks to the Sterling work of the Motherland’s security services).
ot that it's any comfort, but I can't be alone in wondering what the actual serviceability of Russia's nuclear weapon systems, be they tactical or strategic, really is;
It didn't stop them in Stalingrad. They have previous in this regard. Pair up the men, one gets a loaded gun and the other 2 bullets. Off you go, and if you turn back this man here will shoot you. And he will, because he knows that it be refuses he's the next to get 2 bullets and a pointed finger.
Russia has always had 2 great weapons - great open spaces in which to exhaust enemy supply lines and millions of men. This time they don't have the first, but they're only just starting with the second.
Theres been a few reports I’ve read online from credible government/military sources that explain in detail the huge amount of crew and maintenance regimes each individual missile requires to maintain functional viability as there not something you can just pull out storage and flick a switch, given the corruption amongst the various levels of the Russian army I imagine the maintenance of isolated missile silos leaves a lot to be desired.
Found this short piece persuasive/reassuring….
Yes, nothing is for certain but that is analysis rather than some wishful thinking articles that are kicking about over this subject. I’ve seen a few pieces by the RUSI and yet to be disappointed.That's an excellent piece of analysis; worth paying attention to what Justin Bronk has to say. Reassuring, like you say @MUTTY1, although we still can't discount the wayward mindset of a psychopath.
John
Found this short piece persuasive/reassuring….