Biden Deploys 3,000 Troops To NATO “Eastern Flank” Countries

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Check.  This is why the headcount comparisons are misleading.

In the 1980s, there was a lopsided aerial battle over Lebanon.  Israelis lost one aircraft and IIRC the Syrians lost something like 60.  The Israelis were better trained, but I think the read edge was better electronic warfare assets.

Same will happen to some degree if Russia and Ukraine go at it.  Russians probably have more and better EW assets than Ukraine.  That will render aircraft and missiles a lot less capable than their book specifications indicate.

Mines are another question mark.  Enough mines on the ground may delay the Russian forces long enough for some kind of international reaction to force a cease-fire.  Likewise, naval mines are still a huge PITA for all navies.

People like to focus on numbers or shiny pieces of warfighting equipment, but the decisive bits may not be so obvious.

Cheers

True one that.  Also comes to terrain experience and history.  It's all good fighting a desert storm but the climate in this neck of the woods is totally different.  Russians are tenacious on their soil.

That doesn't mean that each country wouldn't defend their own patch to which they are familiar.  Russians will give an inch, size you up, then advance yards regardless of the cost.  There are no rainbow woosies in their forces.  They know cold and pain.


Kind regards,

Bally:)