I'll see your bafoon Russian forces and raise you the Chinese.
Are you asserting that the Chinese are a similarly overblown threat?
I'll see your bafoon Russian forces and raise you the Chinese.
Is it bad tactics or is it increasingly sophisticated weapons systems that are causing the high losses? Its a legitimate question of which current weapons systems are approaching obsolescence that General Ryan brought up.You sure it’s not because the way the Russians are flying and fighting both their Helicopters and Fighters is completely incompetent?
Interesting read.True, but the greater issue is that this will hopefully be a wakeup call for everyone who thought that post-Desert Storm, we’d never see this level of industrial-scale warfare again.
That’s important because of how American society might react to that level of casualties, along with the impact to that military industrial base we thought we wouldn’t need anymore.
Is it bad tactics or is it increasingly sophisticated weapons systems that are causing the high losses? Its a legitimate question of which current weapons systems are approaching obsolescence that General Ryan brought up.
Although primarily for range and weight issues, Commandant Berger is also scaling back Marine HML/A squadron, tube artillery and complete disinvestment of tanks.
Yes. If they tried to invade Vietnam or Laos, let alone Korea or Japan, it would result in a similarly disastrous outcome.Are you asserting that the Chinese are a similarly overblown threat?
Is it bad tactics or is it increasingly sophisticated weapons systems that are causing the high losses? Its a legitimate question of which current weapons systems are approaching obsolescence that General Ryan brought up.
I'll see your bafoon Russian forces and raise you the Chinese.
Are you asserting that the Chinese are a similarly overblown threat?
Yes. If they tried to invade Vietnam or Laos, let alone Korea or Japan, it would result in a similarly disastrous outcome.
In my experience, Lung is a straight shooter, a professional, and a great communicator. I can't think of a time I've seen the guy speak when it hasn't been immediately apparent what he needs out of his staff or the direction he's expecting INDOPACOM to go. And when he needs to step in and correct something, without fail, you're getting 4 pieces of info right off the bat:In line with the discussion of this thread - PBS News Hour aired a nice segment interview with Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It's refreshing to see a senior Navy leader speak directly to the public in a a direct pragmatic manner - without the PAO handlers at the side. Can't help but chuckle as the Admiral, a Tomcat and Hornet guy, walks past a B-2 and F-22. He looks great at 60 years old and honestly the NWU uniform in this context is pretty squared away looking!
You said you'd be weary of comparing them... And then you compared them at a unit level.I would be wary of comparing the Chinese and Russians, especially since the Chinese have poured vastly more resources into their military and weapons development than the Russians and don't suffer anywhere near the same level of endemic corruption and other issues that Russia suffers from.
Based on how every other piece of gear they have has worked so far, we could all point and laugh while it blew itself up Kursk-style.Which country has the ability to park an SSGN off our coast and aim land attack missiles at DC? Pro tip: not China.
Fixed that for ya.Which country has the ability to park an SSGN off our coast with a United States Navy Fast Attack Boat hovering behind it with a firing solution? Pro tip: not China.
So the Liaoning commissioned by the USSR in 1985 will do better? What about all those Kilo submarines China bought from the USSR that they have no idea how to operate and maintain, are those suddenly going to be more reliable? Are all the Russian jets they bought suddenly going to work better with superior Chinese maintenance?Based on how every other piece of gear they have has worked so far, we could all point and laugh while it blew itself up Kursk-style.
You said you'd be weary of comparing them... And then you compared them at a unit level.
It isn't a perfect example but one that illuminates that China ≠ Russia.
Anyway, what I was more getting at is that China's ability to exercise the C2 and logistics required to win an offensive ground war to annex its neighbors, who also have theoretically inferior militaries, would look similarly embarrassing. Their equipment and training is similarly shitty with a heavy emphasis on quantity over quality.
But I suppose if we keep using the phrase 'high end fight' in DC to justify military budget priorities, enough people eventually believe it.
Yeah, AW.com isn't a classified space so I'll just end with you don't know what you're talking about.anyone with access to the right info and paying close enough attention would know that.
Since we travel within the same circles, I'm pretty sure he does. You seem particularly angry, which doesn't make for productive dialogue. Maybe it's that soda straw you're peering through. In either case, why don't you take a break and come back when your vision has cleared.Yeah, AW.com isn't a classified space so I'll just end with you don't know what you're talking about.