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Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by kspacewalk2 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:25PM (#30532586)
It was, however, nothing close to the levels of support Ukraine is getting. And those insurgencies faced a vastly superior US armed forces.
Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by killjoywashere on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:35PM (#30532723)
Those American forces also had vastly longer supply lines to sustain. What the Russians lack in financing and capability, the make up a lot with proximate borders, time zones, etc.
Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by pixl97 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:41PM (#30533576)
There are plenty of sayings along the lines of "America doesn't have military, they have a logistics corporation" Supplying enough "X" is rarely an issue for the USM except in the cases where it is something new they didn't realize they needed.
Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by jker on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:06PM (#30533153)
The US has established bases all over the globe and has basically created a worldwide supply chain for its military, so that isn’t really a factor. (Please note, this isn’t being said in an anti-American way.)
Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by akimball on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:06PM (#30533160)
Russian military morale is so low it's almost a non-force. You see them unloading into chicken farms and monuments rather than fighting. They are running out of fuel all over the place - probably because they sold it. The corruption in the Russian military is vast and intense.
Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by mensetmanusman on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:45PM (#30532855)
It’s interesting because the U.S. has an order of magnitude more military funding and was trying to secure a supply line an order of magnitude longer. I wonder if this ratio makes it approximately as difficult?
Re:What happened to Russias Air Force? U.S. officials, exper... by oneoff786 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:43PM (#30532830)
American supply lines were vastly superior to what Russia’s doing with its clown convoy however