…trump need weapons not to protect americans, he wants weapons to DEFEAT Iran, it’s not the same thing at all and main difference between US and Ukraine
I see you carefully avoided talking about how Zelensky got Trump back on side by offering to partner with Trump Son's drone firm. Trump operates like Russian commissars: give him a cut of the action and he's suddenly your best friend.
Amazingly insightful and relevant video here that really captures the key issues. One question, in line with Scott Carter's question... we have participated in a number of these "tests" as part of the "transformation in contact." The result of a test is far less important than the nature and requirements of a test. To Scott's point, how can we design the right tests if we don't have real-world drone experience in combat? In the tests we have been involved in there has been far to little Ukrainian involvement in terms of advisors. In addition, as you bring up in the video Wes, we still haven't figured out how drones fit in our own combined arms doctrine! While we can learn lessons from the Russian-Ukraine war, a US-Russian war would likely be very different in countless ways... not to mention a Pacific war (as mentioned in the video). So are we just giving drones to Lieutenants and SP4s and expecting them to know what "works" and what doesn't? How would they know? Who is designing the tests? The whole thing seems very disjointed to us. We are likely to end up with essentially 200,000 "toys" with no idea how they are supposed to operate cohesively on a real future battlefield. You essentially make the same point in your video but we wanted to echo the concern for emphasis.
…trump need weapons not to protect americans, he wants weapons to DEFEAT Iran, it’s not the same thing at all and main difference between US and Ukraine
Wes can you deep dive the Australian radars. It been labeled as the best in the world. CEA and JORN
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I see you carefully avoided talking about how Zelensky got Trump back on side by offering to partner with Trump Son's drone firm. Trump operates like Russian commissars: give him a cut of the action and he's suddenly your best friend.
Wes, good article. Is the US actively engaging Ukraine for drone expertise and their tactical deployment ?
Amazingly insightful and relevant video here that really captures the key issues. One question, in line with Scott Carter's question... we have participated in a number of these "tests" as part of the "transformation in contact." The result of a test is far less important than the nature and requirements of a test. To Scott's point, how can we design the right tests if we don't have real-world drone experience in combat? In the tests we have been involved in there has been far to little Ukrainian involvement in terms of advisors. In addition, as you bring up in the video Wes, we still haven't figured out how drones fit in our own combined arms doctrine! While we can learn lessons from the Russian-Ukraine war, a US-Russian war would likely be very different in countless ways... not to mention a Pacific war (as mentioned in the video). So are we just giving drones to Lieutenants and SP4s and expecting them to know what "works" and what doesn't? How would they know? Who is designing the tests? The whole thing seems very disjointed to us. We are likely to end up with essentially 200,000 "toys" with no idea how they are supposed to operate cohesively on a real future battlefield. You essentially make the same point in your video but we wanted to echo the concern for emphasis.