NATO commanders will be in for a shattering shock when their aircraft start falling in quantity and the casualties swiftly mount into the thousands and thousands. After all, we are told that the Kiev forces lost two thirds of their military equipment against fighters with a fraction of Russia’s assets, but with the same fighting style.Read the entire article here. Its kinda disjointed and rambling to the point of irritation but the point is clear. This guy thinks Russia would win a war against NATO.
But, getting back to the scenarios of the Cold War. Defending NATO forces would be hit by an unimaginably savage artillery attack, with, through the dust, a huge force of attackers pushing on. The NATO units that repelled their attackers would find a momentary peace on their part of the battlefield while the ones pushed back would immediately be attacked by fresh forces three times the size of the first ones and even heavier bombardments. The situation would become desperate very quickly.
His reasoning? Russia would simply reinforce success, ignore battlefield losses and push toward their objective.
He goes on to point out that over reliance on air power is the Achilles heel of the organization and the West's way of war.
The crazy thing?
He might be right. Russia can achieve achieve local superiority and due to the bureaucratic nature of NATO, probably achieve limited goals before the alliance could even mobilize.
I believe this is what the Eastern European countries realize and thats why they're engaged in rapid rearmament programs.
Poland is probably too tough a nut to crack at this time. But Estonia, Romania, Georgia and others are all under the gun. The West's way of warfare...to rely on airpower...is a problem. I call it the SOCOM-ization of ground combat. SOCOM has the luxury of having dedicated air assets assigned to every mission they undertake (the USMC once had that advantage uniquely but appears determined to piss it away to the Combined Air Operations Center). What does that mean? Assault until you run into opposition, then pause, call for fire and once the opposition is destroyed you continue. This must change or a loss of airpower (which appears more and more likely if the F-35 limps into service) will be the reason we lose the next war.
