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No, You’re Not Imagining It: Russia’s Army Is Inept
Slate ^ | Feb 28, 2022 | Fred Kaplan

Posted on 02/28/2022 6:52:04 PM PST by Renfrew

Troops are trained in rote set pieces, with no time devoted to improvising if things don’t go as planned.

Military operations designed to take place sequentially—Step 1, then 2, then 3, etc.—fell apart, catastrophically. If Step 2 hit a big obstacle, the by-the-book soldiers moved on to Step 3 anyway. Therefore, large troop-transport planes tried to land, even though the airport hadn’t been completely secured and Ukrainian air defense systems hadn’t been destroyed. As a result, two Il-76 transport planes, each carrying 100 airborne troops, were shot down.

Tanks aren’t supposed to roll through hostile territory all alone. They need to be escorted by infantry troops alongside or by combat planes from above, to avoid getting ambushed. Yet, in this invasion, Russian tanks are rolling all on their own or providing protection for reconnaissance scouts, but getting no protection for themselves. So, as might be expected, lots of Russian tanks are getting ambushed.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fredkaplan; lowmorale; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; slate; ukraine
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This is a useful analysis of the Russian way of war, and the problems it is facing in Ukraine
1 posted on 02/28/2022 6:52:04 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew

That’s nothing new, Russia’s armies have mostly been inept. They usually only at defense, and mostly because of winter. The Crimean War was between two inept armies.


2 posted on 02/28/2022 6:54:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Renfrew

Ours has the perfect “rear admiral.” No time for boasting.


3 posted on 02/28/2022 6:55:14 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

And ours is any better?


4 posted on 02/28/2022 6:55:50 PM PST by RBW in PA
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To: Renfrew

What’s a useful analysis of the deep state’s child sex trafficking headquarters in the Ukraine?


5 posted on 02/28/2022 6:56:47 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Renfrew

I find no moral champion in this fight. When a new source takes sides it makes me wonder if it is just propaganda. So much fake news and fake blogs and fake posts where is one to go.


6 posted on 02/28/2022 6:57:14 PM PST by MagillaX (My)
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To: nickcarraway
That’s nothing new, Russia’s armies have mostly been inept. They usually only at defense, and mostly because of winter. The Crimean War was between two inept armies.

The great strength of Western troops in the Cold War was that we allowed our tactical commanders to be flexible, whereas that wasn't true in the Soviet Bloc model.

7 posted on 02/28/2022 6:57:27 PM PST by Lazamataz (The forces of fascism and oppression are on the move in North America. We cannot let tyranny stand!)
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To: Renfrew

Does this 40-mile convoy have any air support or are they sitting ducks for drone or aircraft strikes?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10562715/Russian-military-convoy-north-Kyiv-stretches-40-miles-Maxar.html


8 posted on 02/28/2022 6:58:22 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Renfrew; All

Then Ukraine doesn’t need to be in NATO, everyone wins. Sheesh


9 posted on 02/28/2022 6:58:24 PM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: Renfrew

Slate should spend more time explaining what happened with the Afghanistan debacle. I do not know about anyone else but the performance of the Biden Regime in Afghanistan was pitiful, shameful, and treasonous. Biden and the Perfumed Princesses of the Pentagon really let down our boys over there.


10 posted on 02/28/2022 6:58:28 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (Welcome to leftist Planet Lab Cage where are YOU are the rat)
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To: Renfrew
When even Slate sees how poorly executed this attack is, we are witnessing something almost unique in history; a large, well-equipped modern army flailing aimlessly.

If your forces don't know what their mission is and why they are fighting - it doesn't make any difference if you have the best equipment and most advanced technologies.

While Russia is clearly in the wrong, I feel sorry for the poor hapless troops.

11 posted on 02/28/2022 6:58:58 PM PST by Chainmail (Frater magnus te spectat)
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To: reasonisfaith

And your source for that is…?


12 posted on 02/28/2022 6:59:04 PM PST by ScottinVA (Enough. Cage the libs.. now. )
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To: Renfrew

If you look at WWII, the Russian way of fighting is throwing tons of men and equipment in the general direction of the enemy. They were still taking disproportionate losses in 1945, but they had so large an army they didn’t care.

Now they have very limited resources, and can’t fight a war of any significant length.


13 posted on 02/28/2022 6:59:40 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: ScottinVA

What’s your source for your question to me?


14 posted on 02/28/2022 6:59:42 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: RBW in PA
And ours is any better?
Theirs is their army, ours is our military leaders.
15 posted on 02/28/2022 7:00:13 PM PST by lewislynn ( Are the Murdochs citizens,natural born or otherwise? Ruperet Murdoch is Australian.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

“ Ours has the perfect “rear admiral.”

I thought he was the secretary of transportation


16 posted on 02/28/2022 7:00:26 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: RBW in PA

Significantly


17 posted on 02/28/2022 7:00:42 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: wildcard_redneck

“Slate should spend more time explaining what happened with the Afghanistan debacle. I do not know about anyone else but the performance of the Biden Regime in Afghanistan was pitiful, shameful, and treasonous. Biden and the Perfumed Princesses of the Pentagon really let down our boys over there.”

Fred Kaplan: The End of the Afghanistan War Was Even Worse Than Anyone Realized

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/12/afghanistan-biden-trump-taliban-zalmay-khalilzad.html


18 posted on 02/28/2022 7:01:08 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew

Is this like the other? DEBUNKED: Corporate Media’s Top Trending Ukraine Stories Turn Out To Be Complete Fakes.


19 posted on 02/28/2022 7:01:24 PM PST by navysealdad (http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
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To: ScottinVA

“And your source for that is…?”

Reports on this well predate this war.


20 posted on 02/28/2022 7:01:45 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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