That seems to be the norm with Soviet / Russian armed countries
Think back to Iraq, the 4th largest army in the world, paper tiger for sure.
In a short fight where NATO maintains it's electronics, our armament advantage and training / leadership will pretty much rule the battlefield.
The question is, what happens over time or if the enemy is able to disrupt the electronic advantage (especially GPS). In WWII, Germany and Japan had the technology advantage and the Russians and to some extent the US used superior numbers and our ability to manufacture and deploy fast to win in the long run. Have we switched sides in that equation?
Then there is China.... half a billion potential men under arms, high tech weapons (copied or stolen tech for the most part). Will their stuff actually work? Will their troops fight, is their leadership model as bad as the Soviet / Russian model, can they take out our electronics? Are they Soviet Union part two, because the answer to all of those questions for the Soviets turned out to be no? That is the open question that will guide military operations for the next couple decades and beyond.
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Posted: 04/19/2022 at 07:08AM