Posted on 02/09/2023 5:21:20 AM PST by FarCenter
TOKYO -- Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine nearly a full year ago, attacks against military and civilian targets alike have caused numerous deaths, with no end to the fighting in sight.
Intelligence analysts, however, have taken interest in one specific part of the death toll: the number of Russian generals killed in the conflict
Generals command hundreds or thousands of soldiers. A larger number of general deaths thus signals a weak military.
British media reported in June that over 10 generals had been killed. Japan estimates the total at more than 20, based on intelligence gathered in cooperation with the U.S. and Europe.
That tally would be "unbelievably high," said retired Gen. Kiyofumi Iwata, former chief of staff of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force. The U.S., for example, has seen almost no combat deaths of officers at that high a rank.
A popular theory holds that Ukraine was able to target these commanders by tracking cellphone signals -- a communication method that Russian troops were forced to use due to struggles on the electronic warfare front. Moscow has since banned use of the devices.
Iwata attributes the unusually high number of generals killed to the Ukrainian military's cyber warfare superiority enabling Kyiv to learn their locations, as well as Russia's tactic of sending generals into the field.
I respectfully disagree on one of your points. I think “leadership” of the 8th Air Force in WWII made the biggest contribution to defeating the Nazis. Had that leadership been under the thumb of the Navy, resources might have been drained off to pay for ships etc;
One of the most famous “ego clashes” in WWII, or ever, was McArthur and Truman. As far as I know, there was no ego clashing going on at the very top of the 8th Air Force (yes, it was part of the Army then but Eisenhower was in charge and he was the all time Master of soothing egos).
On the battlefield, yes, we did win.
You people need to separate our warfighting skills in the battle zone from our political leadership.
Compare apples to apples and quit trying to pretend that the American military you mock is as shabby and incompetent as the one you support.
10 or 20?
That’s a good start!
Logistics and lack of professional NCO’s are the biggest failures in my opinion.
Anyone associated with the military in the USA knows the NCO’s are the backbone that makes it all work.
After people in Montana were the first to see the balloon.
Ok sure. LOL.
That didn’t make sense.
Read my post again and quit thinking the crazy things you think about the American military in war.
You are just goofy, and making zero sense.
Why is that...because you say so?
LOL!
In a conversation or analysis about battlefield capabilities and effectiveness, it is required.
Pretending that America GIs are being defeated in combat everywhere is something too weird for even the America haters.
Quit pinging me to threads I’m not on.
Sorry, I thought that was another thread, like before, but instead, it is yet another post that is off-topic.
On the battlefield, yes, we did win.
You people need to separate our warfighting skills in the battle zone from our political leadership.
Compare apples to apples and quit trying to pretend that the American military you mock is as shabby and incompetent as the one you support.
I was answering your question with the thread.
To respond to my post you had to respond personally.
You have goofy ideas about America’s military capabilities and effectiveness when fighting.
Do you even read the posts you respond to?
Good article...👍👍👍
You seem overly excited.
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