this is what is called a Boutique MilitaryArc Light wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:21 pmIt's like they blew all their money on liquor and women. Nothing left for weapons, training, or any kind of upkeep or retention. Only tough on paper.Smitty-48 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:11 pmit's not just that the Russians don't have PGM's
they don't seem to have the other supporting arms in play neither, it's not combined arms
the tempo of airstrikes is very slow,
like they don't have them stacked up with tankers,
they just send ones & twos in at a time, random strikes
they don't actually conduct close air support, they don't call in airstrikes in support of ground attacks
nothing seems to be coordinated nor sustained, like there is no ELINT, AWACS, JSTARS etc
they just fly random missions here and there, seemingly disconnected from the situation on the ground
it's like they have weapons on display at their military shows
they are selling those weapons to whomever they can
but this arms industry doesn't translate into a joint combined arms force which can fight wars