Allied capabilities now allow NATO to "take that (Kaliningrad) down from the ground" faster than ever before, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander General Chris Donahue said.
Ukraine? I am not so sure the US would have faired much better in the initial invasion, Ukraine understood early on how small drone fpv drone tactics can be used to grind an enemy force to a halt in a way the US military like most militaries largely resisted.
Russia failed the initial invasion alone. Troops were standing in towns with no idea what they were doing or where they were. Massive columns ran out of gas before getting anywhere. Ukrainian defense, once it popped off, was mostly guerrilla tactics with anti tank launchers from NATO. They didn’t really start using kamikaze FPVs until weeks or months into the war. Also there was very little Russian air support in the early days of the invasion.
The US going up against a near peer threat is scary. Take a look at one of the many videos about day 1 of the gulf war. The US knocked out two early warning radars and completely destroyed all communications infrastructure in Baghdad all within the span of about a minute due to meticulous timing of missile launches and bomb drops.
When I first heard about the battle I thought it was a ragtag bunch in trucks. But no, they had artillery, tanks, and other heavy equipment, so it was a serious threat to the ground forces. However, as is seemingly normal for Russia, Wagner and the Syrians had zero air defense or cover. It was basically a turkey shoot from the entire US close air support lineup.
A third excellent example is operation Paul Bunyan. No shots were fired, but the absolutely overwhelming show of force cowed north Korea into backing down and issuing the closest thing to an apology they’re capable of.
Operation Paul Bunyan as told by the right wing history teacher we all really needed to have. It would be nice if he was left wing, but he teaches history so well that lefties can see the truth of what is going on in his stories of actual patriots.
Russia failed the initial invasion alone. Troops were standing in towns with no idea what they were doing or where they were. Massive columns ran out of gas before getting anywhere. Ukrainian defense, once it popped off, was mostly guerrilla tactics with anti tank launchers from NATO. They didn’t really start using kamikaze FPVs until weeks or months into the war. Also there was very little Russian air support in the early days of the invasion.
The US going up against a near peer threat is scary. Take a look at one of the many videos about day 1 of the gulf war. The US knocked out two early warning radars and completely destroyed all communications infrastructure in Baghdad all within the span of about a minute due to meticulous timing of missile launches and bomb drops.
Another example of US near peer response, against Russia/ Wagner this time. We went 0- (55-200)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khasham
I would wager, based on what we heard from the soldiers that survived that the actual total was closer to 150 dead.
When I first heard about the battle I thought it was a ragtag bunch in trucks. But no, they had artillery, tanks, and other heavy equipment, so it was a serious threat to the ground forces. However, as is seemingly normal for Russia, Wagner and the Syrians had zero air defense or cover. It was basically a turkey shoot from the entire US close air support lineup.
A third excellent example is operation Paul Bunyan. No shots were fired, but the absolutely overwhelming show of force cowed north Korea into backing down and issuing the closest thing to an apology they’re capable of.
Operation Paul Bunyan as told by the right wing history teacher we all really needed to have. It would be nice if he was left wing, but he teaches history so well that lefties can see the truth of what is going on in his stories of actual patriots.