Posted on 08/20/2015 5:36:37 PM PDT by edpc
Given the amount of attention paid over the last year to the capabilities of the Russian military, it is worth considering how the evolving character of warfare over the next 10-20 years is likely to affect Russia’s military capabilities when compared to leading Western states.
The trend toward greater automation, including the use of remote control weapons and AI-driven autonomous warfare, will increasingly put the Russian military at a disadvantage. Russia does not have the technology to match Western automated systems and lacks the capabilities to develop such systems on its own in the foreseeable future. Russia’s defense industry is well behind Western militaries in automated control systems, strike drones, and advanced electronics of all kinds.
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Russians tried giving the Iraqis GPS jammers prior to Shock and Awe. They didn't work so well.
EMP is how he Russians level the playing field.
How they fight is by not calling it a war. Its not a war. Those aren’t our soldiers.
...if their country does not collapse entirely, and if they have any money to pay for weapons, that is....
The dedication of CICs to their nation’s interests could prove critical.
soebarkah DOES NOT have the best interests of the United States front & center.
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Attack the operator, not the weapon.
At the rate their aircraft are falling out of the sky any air attack on us might be misconstrued for a kamikaze attack.
Thompsonskis?
PPSh 41s.
Ahh, the old “Burp Gun” 900 RPM
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-burp-gun-was-ugly-but-damn-did-it-spray-lead-cc4730dadfe8
Russia’s most effective weapon...Obama!
Corollary: drunken officers, troops, and factory workers neutralize any of your "miracle weapons", even if they are based on stolen military technology that actually works for sober troops.
If you develop a sober, professional military, they'll discover that surrender to the Americans or their allies is the only sure guarantee of survival.
“...if their country does not collapse entirely, and if they have any money to pay for weapons, that is....”
Exactly. Between heightened political repression, continuing currency devaluation, and a worsening demographic implosion, we may be witnessing the last gasp of Russia as a world (or even European) power. The only thing that worries me is that a wounded wildcat can still be quite dangerous.
All of this and they still cannot provide modern roads, reliable internet service or decent medical care to huge swaths of their population.
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