PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWe didn't know the true extent of Russian incompetencelemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down15
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageWe didn't know the true extent of Russian incompetencelemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·2 days agoCompetent countries lose hard in their wargames, because the whole point of wargames is to learn something from them. If you set out to roflstomp the opfor, you might as well stay home and play Red Alert on easy mode.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoMore succinctly: when training is hard, the mission is easy.
minus-squareOmegaLemmylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoI wonder what kind of shit-ass tactics they attempted
Competent countries lose hard in their wargames, because the whole point of wargames is to learn something from them. If you set out to roflstomp the opfor, you might as well stay home and play Red Alert on easy mode.
More succinctly: when training is hard, the mission is easy.
I wonder what kind of shit-ass tactics they attempted
Human waves lmfao