It appears the Russians have tried to do the same with far less success. In effect they have integrated the air land combined arms team at a much lower and highly effective level. This video and a host of others out there illustrate how smaller UAS systems can cue Javelin teams and other anti-armor teams and allow them to mass at decisive locations. ISIS and some other folks in the Middle East started the trend, rigging mortars to DJ drones and flying them over allied positions. Additionally, The Ukrainians have used large numbers of smaller systems to scout and provide actionable/targetable intelligence. Ukraine's use of the Turkish TB2 has been masterful and well within the S400 ring that is supposed to handle low flying targets like cruise missiles.
Despite S400s and large numbers of Russian tactical SAMs the UAS' have reigned supreme in this conflict. This video is far more than watching a few Russians burn, it represents a paradigm shift in conflict not seen since PGMs in the first Gulf War. Their guy lost in a civil war against the Taliban and got hung, our guy we left in charge read a history book, took the money and ran. I'm old enough to remember what happened to the puppet govt that the USSR left in charge in Afghanistan in 1989. If Putin withdraws he’s done, if he continues it will only get more bloody, and everyone is walking a fine line trying to avoid WWIII, it’s a loose/loose/loose situation.
My opinion, biased by our western media and the twitter videos coming out of Ukraine, the only way to get the people to comply and stop an insurgency would be mass imprisonment and most likely a genocide.
Ukraine people have higher levels of education, advanced weapons, and vast support from the west.Ī puppet government would fall and I don’t see the police/military protecting a puppet government. Motivated goat farmers living in mud huts ousted two of the worlds superpowers with basic weapons, IEDs, a limited supply of stingers, and the will/patience to continue to resist. The Ukrainian people have shown they want no part of Russia, and have the backing of pretty much all the Western world. I would have to imagine if the Russians somehow pull this off the insurgency is going to be much more bloody than Afghanistan.
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