On paper the Russians have each benefit. 1,000,000 extra troopers in uniform, greater than 10 occasions the navy price range, 10 occasions the plane, six occasions the tanks. However a a lot smaller Ukrainian power resolutely repelled Russia’s assault on and round Kyiv and it continues to stymie Russian forces with small infantry items outfitted with fashionable weapons, the most recent coaching, one of the best intelligence and the braveness of troops preventing for freedom.
Most commentators have been stunned, however Ukraine’s profitable ideas are the identical as these within the U.S. Marine Corps’ plan to modernize. The Marines perceive one thing the Kremlin didn’t: Within the face of technological change, the way forward for warfare received’t be like its previous.
