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  • Re: Ukraine no-fly zone and Russian logistics

    From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Sun Mar 6 20:52:44 2022
    On 2022-03-06, xyzzy <[email protected]> wrote:
    Is one for all practical purposes already in place due to Russian Air Force incompetence?

    https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/russian-air-force-actually-incapable-complex-air-operations

    Also logistics seem to be a significant issue for Russia. Is this a symptom of a military built around flashy weapons by a megalomaniac who isn’t interested in the boring parts of having an effective military?
    Interesting thread.

    https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/status/1500213943012319252?s=21

    I have listened to some podcasts from think-tank experts on the global
    military environment and they are somewhat surprised that it is coming
    down this way. One factor which I hadn't thought of is the complexity
    of larger-theater operations in which the Russians have little
    experience or training; most of their ops in the past decades have
    been limited to just pairs of planes. It is apparently hard to avoid
    MANPADS unless you have whole-theater awareness.

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 20:20:48 2022
    Is one for all practical purposes already in place due to Russian Air Force incompetence?

    https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/russian-air-force-actually-incapable-complex-air-operations

    Also logistics seem to be a significant issue for Russia. Is this a symptom
    of a military built around flashy weapons by a megalomaniac who isn’t interested in the boring parts of having an effective military?
    Interesting thread.

    https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/status/1500213943012319252?s=21


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