21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 26 Jun \ on: Escalation Time? American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine? news
You know the military world better than many of us. Is there an off-ramp to peace anywhere nearby or is it all escalation going forward?
I think the escalation continues. These things tend to have great forward momentum. Plus around the country people are seeing troop and equipment movements - most recently a bunch of tanks and armored personnel carriers in New Orleans. Reminds me of a few months prior to the Iraq invasion in 2003, when I saw large numbers of tanks on trains heading into the Port of Oakland in California. Coincidence? I think not.
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We are sending stuff from the bone yards that we don't even use anymore. Its pretty cost-effective way to get ride of stuff our military wouldn't use. Almost all the munitions were/are expired that we send and while we do send some more advanced tech we are finding out what it can actually do on the battlefield without our soldiers being behind it.
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Ukraine has a manpower shortage. The average age of men fighting is 43 years