Looks like Russia just picked a whole bouquet of whoopsie-daisy's. Ahem… I’ll show myself out. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have shown a perplexing trait: the inability to learn from previous engagements. Instead, Russian forces repeatedly drive themselves into minefields, attack well-fortified positions without…

No sooner had the ink dried on the deal to send Ukraine the older Abrams and Leopard tanks, Germany now wants to sell Ukraine its most modern, technologically-advanced Panther KF51 main battle tank. But this might not be a good thing… Going from Ukraine’s Soviet-era tanks, leapfrogging the Abrams and…

Both the Russians and Ukrainians claim that if Russia takes Bakhmut, it could open the door to a broader Russian land grab. But U.S. intelligence officials aren’t so sure. Although it might not seem like it in light of Russia’s recent missile barrage last night, Russia is facing a severe…

First reported by The War Zone, yesterday at the 2023 Air and Space Force Association’s Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, USAF Gen. James Hecker confirmed Ukraine’s acceptance and use of the JDAM-ER smart bomb. The JDAM-ER stands for Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range and is one of the United States’…

By now, there has been plenty of commentary about Ukraine’s David-like defense against the much larger Russian Goliath. On paper at least, the Russian military should have taken Kyiv and overrun Ukraine within days of the initial invasion. At least, that’s what everyone expected. Even the ponderous U.S. intelligence community…

Maskirovka is something the Soviet Union excelled at and covers a broad range of military deception measures. At its core, maskirovka “маскировка” is designed to sow confusion. A 1988 Pentagon study of the technique says “Maskirovka may be conducted in any environment to deny information to sensors.” Especially the most…

The A-50 ‘Mainstay’ is a low-density, high-demand asset and one of Russia’s major advantages over Ukraine. On Sunday, Telegram was abuzz with activity about an explosion at Machulishchy Air Base south of Minsk, in Belarus and several Russian military bloggers echoed each other about some sort of drone attack at…

There’s a saying in Russia: Плохо́му танцо́ру — which translates to “A bad dancer blames his testicles.” Or, to put it another way, a bad workman blames his tools. It’s been exactly one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and one thing still amazes me: Russia still talks about…

Since the war in Ukraine began, China has been internally debating on whether to send Russia its military weapon systems. In 2022, Beijing demurred when it saw the entire world unite to support Ukraine. What’s more, China was reportedly alarmed by the brutality of Russian battlefield tactics. China’s president Xi…