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An AWACS was picked off sitting on the ground, that's a bad look. It took Russia years to get to that stage in the war. One has to wonder how much of the bad U
by actionfromafar 6mo ago
An AWACS was picked off sitting on the ground, that's a bad look. It took Russia years to get to that stage in the war.
One has to wonder how much of the bad US performance is due to deep, systemic problems and how much is due to a rushed and unplanned military operation.
- sam_lowry_ 6mo agoRussia lost its own AWACS early 2022 to a DJI drone attack, IIRC
- tim333 6mo agoThere was a certain arrogance from Trump - the Ukrainians offered to help out with years of up to date experience countering Iranian style done warfare but of course no.
- joquarky 6mo agoSeveral decades of education cuts along with a second or third generation of nepotism/cronyism will get you some significant systemic problems.