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<blockquote data-quote="mindlight" data-source="post: 77604868" data-attributes="member: 21246"><p>Gulf War 1 and 2 showed what happens to a technologically inferior enemy in a shooting war with NATO. The Iraqi army was annihilated in a matter of weeks. In that case the Coalition had absolute air supremacy and battlefield intelligence.</p><p></p><p>The Ukraine war has become a war of attrition because neither side commands the skies. That cannot change without NATO involvement but in that case there is the fear of a quick escalation to the nuclear option by a Russia outclassed in conventional warfare and feeling a threat to its existential existence</p><p></p><p>The Russian war machine is gearing up to the basics in part because Western sanctions deny it access to advanced chips, in part because it is fighting a war of attrition akin to WW1 trench warfare and partly because it is trapped in a certain mentality.</p><p></p><p>Putin gambled many of his best troops early in the war in the hope of a quick grab of Ukrainian territory. He acted on faulty intelligence regarding Ukrainian feelings about Russia. Many of these well trained troops died then or in the grind that followed. So new recruits operating basic equipment is his only option really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindlight, post: 77604868, member: 21246"] Gulf War 1 and 2 showed what happens to a technologically inferior enemy in a shooting war with NATO. The Iraqi army was annihilated in a matter of weeks. In that case the Coalition had absolute air supremacy and battlefield intelligence. The Ukraine war has become a war of attrition because neither side commands the skies. That cannot change without NATO involvement but in that case there is the fear of a quick escalation to the nuclear option by a Russia outclassed in conventional warfare and feeling a threat to its existential existence The Russian war machine is gearing up to the basics in part because Western sanctions deny it access to advanced chips, in part because it is fighting a war of attrition akin to WW1 trench warfare and partly because it is trapped in a certain mentality. Putin gambled many of his best troops early in the war in the hope of a quick grab of Ukrainian territory. He acted on faulty intelligence regarding Ukrainian feelings about Russia. Many of these well trained troops died then or in the grind that followed. So new recruits operating basic equipment is his only option really. [/QUOTE]
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