Ukraine (32 Viewers)

[BigFrosty]

Ready to dig some trenches is more like it.

 

[BigFrosty]

 

[Tapxe]

This hasn't been a good week for boats.

Boaty McBoatface would be crush... oh wait, that's Titan.

 

[baarbogast]

 

[baarbogast]

 

[baarbogast]

 

[efil4stnias]

 

[Sailorsaint]

What does it say about your country if you have to "influence" your soldiers to do what they are supposed to do?

 

[rail]

Thanks for this. What are the #s? Respective casualties?

 

[rail]

Old meme. Just posting because I like it.

 

[Tapxe]

Pretty sure even GRRM wrote about the dangers of a merc army.

 

[efil4stnias]

Thanks for this. What are the #s? Respective casualties?

unknown - not reported really.

 

[baarbogast]

 

[HoustonSaint68]

Old meme. Just posting because I like it.

It will be interesting to look back and see (although I may be dead by the time a definitive and properly arms-length history can be written!) whether this new age of warfare will be a net/net positive or negative to America. Certainly it will be a mixed bag.

For example, I see a potential positive effect (in blood and treasure) if there is enough time to supply and apply the lessons to the potential defense of Taiwan. Or a potentially big negative (primarily to our naval assets) if the lessons aren't applied fast enough and the defense of Taiwan falls largely to those U.S. naval assets against a Chinese opponent which HAS applied such lessons. Likely(?) a potential positive (in treasure and perhaps blood) to a defensive NATO vis-a-vis Russia. And perhaps a (large) negative in asymmetrical conflicts with non-state and smaller-state actors (especially Middle Eastern actors). I suppose there's also a potential positive to the USA given the general unfitness of American youth and the current recruitment difficulties.

Anyone claiming to know for sure what the net-net effect will be is crystal ball gazing, but I bet there is some super interesting War College stuff being discussed across the military experts around the world.

 

[Dallas_Saint73]

Thanks for this. What are the #s? Respective casualties?

People on a Ukrainian war sub on Reddit are saying troop #'s.