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Largely agreed but if one expects any sort of escalation with China that actually makes this (and Ukraine) quite useful by providing real world data about the r
by fc417fc802 6mo ago
Largely agreed but if one expects any sort of escalation with China that actually makes this (and Ukraine) quite useful by providing real world data about the recent technological changes to war as well as serving as a minor stress test for the military's organizational structures. To be clear I don't mean to imply that as being even remotely reasonable as justification.
- bigyabai 6mo agoKinda? The US already has materiel and operators on the ground in Ukraine and exercising with NATO. This is mostly practice for the US Navy, and the PLAN looks nothing like the IRGC's Navy. One's in the missile age, the other uses FACs with .50 cals as their anti-shipping weapon. The other US forces like the Army, Marines and Special Forces/Pararescue really really risk attriting and dulling themselves if CENTCOM demands more troops.