The Russians can't do network centric combined arms manuvoures let alone operations. You would think that the Gulf War and 2003 Iraq invasion was a wake up call for the Russian MOD like it was for the Chinese who saw how hopelessly outdated the PLA was in the 90s. But no, they keep doing the...
Yeah I know but even the Soviets did high altittude strikes on Mujahidden positions in the 80s. The RuAF is just incompetent and currupt. You would think that if they were preparing for an operation in Ukraine, that they would have atleast have some ample stocks of KAB-500, instead they wasted...
I doubt those manpad and low level SAMs would have an impact in USAF operation if the US were in this senario. Stingers and Igla, though modernized, should not be having an impact on Su-34 and Mig 31 operations since even Soviet Air force did its tasks in stinger infested and very hilly...
Here in the UK people don't as much anti Turkish propaganda as compared to certain parts of mainland Europe. Now everyone is focused on Russia and its 24/7 anti Russian news. I think people are becoming more pro Turkish on Social Media
I think the Ukrainian debacle ruined Russia's credibility. No more "it's just the Export model bro" stuff anymore. Just recently, TB-2 destroyed a Tor-M2 and Buk-M3. It's over for Russia. Turkey will now fill the void. Germans are even debating about buying Turkish systems
British defence doctrine is geared towards Air dominace with Fighters and using Fighter assets to assist Army with its missions. In fact the US and Western NATO doctrine is quite similar to Britian, hence why beyond artillery HIMARs, stuff like this is not really seen as high priority by Western...
