....cos we're drinking the bong water and not trying to win wars. We're "nation building."
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....cos we're drinking the bong water and not...
....cos we're drinking the bong water and not trying to win wars. We're "nation building."
As I think I may have pointed out before, the two...
As I think I may have pointed out before, the two primary pillars of conducting Irregular Warfare do not exist.
Doesn't matter really how good we get if we cannot detain and we cannot track and ID,...
Yes, but we know why it failed. It's not a...
Yes, but we know why it failed. It's not a mystery. 16,000 KIA on the Soviet side.
If the US hadn't sponsored the armed opposition, the Soviets would still be there today.
Don't hold your breath. The document is asking...
Don't hold your breath. The document is asking for the wind.
If we really wanted to, you could already make a substantial weight saving by reducing coverage and ballistic standards. We can do that...
For good reason. Armour performance, as opposed...
For good reason. Armour performance, as opposed to "armour standards" are classified. The OA that defines the standards is quite properly not up for discussion in open sources.
However, anyone with...
That's a policy choice. It's not a military one....
That's a policy choice. It's not a military one.
There is obviously one highly classified piece of data that informs the judgement as to why you "need" to wear hard armour.
Excepting that, you are...
Wow. They finally got to where a whole bunch of...
Wow. They finally got to where a whole bunch of folks have been for the last 4-5 years - in other words a time period where WW2 and 1 would have been before they got it right.
Good news. Pity about...
Didn't know this was on the net!
rusiresources.com/equippingmilitary/Owen%20(Session%204).ppt
This was a presentation I gave at the RUSI. Upset everybody at the time. May be of some use here.
My basic contention should be...
...and there you have it. Until your Army is an...
...and there you have it. Until your Army is an institution that accepts risk taking, and does not have a culture of risk mitigation, you are screwed.
Certain armies and certain units, just do not...
Methods for doing that have existed for nearly...
Methods for doing that have existed for nearly 100 years, yet the US Army does not employ them. Each time I brief a solution, there's the old "Oh we can't do that." - "too dangerous, too risky, we'll...
Never ever learn...
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This really annoys me. It's as if the corporate memory of every army ever involved in combat operations from the last 60 years, has just evaporated.
The question not being asked is why,...