• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    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.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s always been a tactic of the Western military industrial complex to overstate Russian/Soviet capabilities in order to extract more public money. Anyone with any sense was always aware of their shortcomings.

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    5 months ago

    They could still win (and lose) in three days. It all depends on who gets the first nuclear strike.