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| The Atlantic - Ukraine's Three-to-One Advantage |
| 2022-04-13 |
| This is interesting input about war and its changes. The competition between offensive technology and defensive technology goes back for millenia. Offenensve technology jumps, like the invention of the tank or war aircraft, then defensive technology reacts with the invention of bazookas, Panzerfaust, etc, and AA guns and AA rockets. Every now and then one side really outstrips the other and then for a while one side has a major advantage. Will tanks become a thing of the past, will aircraft carriers become just huge targets? If so, what happens after that? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 It's short, for the Atlantic, interesting and credible. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-04-13 17:10 |
| #1 Closing paragraphs, though the rest is well worth the time to read: Napoleon, who fought many battles in this part of the world, observed that “the moral is to the physical as three is to one.” I was thinking of this maxim as Jed and I finished our tea. In Ukraine—at least in this first chapter of the war—Napoleon’s words have held true, proving in many ways decisive. In my earlier conversation with Zagorodnyuk, as he and I went through the many reforms and technologies that had given the Ukrainian military its edge, he was quick to point out the one variable he believed trumped all others. “Our motivation—it is the most important factor, more important than anything. We’re fighting for the lives of our families, for our people, and for our homes. The Russians don’t have any of that, and there’s nowhere they can go to get it.” |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-04-13 13:55 |