Lessons (Already) Learned From The Ukraine War - Military, Political, Technical
Probably a bit early, but with Russia apparently doing a double-take on its war aims in Ukraine, it might be good to have a thread on lessons in place as they emerge, separate from the wreck counting, mutual accusations of war crimes and meme trading on the "Kiev Is Burning" one (he said hopefully). Not looking for re-confirmation of truisms like "dictators should be believed when they talk about their plans" or "don't tell your invasion force it's just a drill" either, but what changes others m
While I agree with everything Ssnake said and the general sentiment that good modelling is hard and is almost impossible for complex situations (good example is sham/scam situ with economics and all it's Nobel laureates) what we are talking is some basic lack of data and dubious assumptions and not the fault of modelling per se.
Why would copious amounts of ATGM not be relevant as a factor mitigating RU armor advantage? And yes MANPADs would do the same in RU CAS case. The deliveries s