Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operations?

Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by celticninja on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:35PM (#30562559)

I don't think that's the case, we have just come out of a pandemic that lasted 2 years. But we also saw Kabul and Afghanistan fall to the Taliban in a day and the Crimea annexation was so quick. There is also the fact that we all thought the Russian Army was a well oiled machine of war. That's why most people are shocked it wasn't an overnight victory, the disparity in power was obvious from the start, that this is day 9 and whilst they are closer to the capital they have suffered heavy, heavy losses. And their tactics and equipment have been shown to be poor, that's even without including their logistics which have been terrible.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by dragonwriter on Friday March 04, 2022 @07:37PM (#30562570)

> we have just come out of a pandemic that lasted 2 years.

Not really; the most recent wave is subsiding and we’ve (as a nation, not all of us as individuals) just decided we don't care anymore.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by glaucon on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:33PM (#30563546)

Would love to know which nation _we_ are ...

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by iudqnolq on Friday March 04, 2022 @10:17PM (#30563857)

Unless you're Chinese, would like to know what nation you're in that isn't covered by that statement.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by celticninja on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:16AM (#30566433)

I see it differently. From the outset the only realistic solution was vaccination. We have that now, I can't live my life in quarantine, so I get vaccinated and get on with my life.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by glaucon on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:32PM (#30563538)

> But we also saw Kabul and Afghanistan fall to the Taliban in a day

Kabul might have fallen in a day but the process of the Taliban gaining control over Afghanistan took significantly longer than a day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%...

This map shows dates on which various cities fell under the control of the Taliban and there are dates going back into June and July ...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/2021_Tal...

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by ivan90210 on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:20PM (#30563458)

>There is also the fact that we all thought the Russian Army was a well oiled machine of war.

that's what you've been told at the time when it was required for you to think so, in particular during Trump's presidency due to his stance on NATO.

today you are required to think that Russia is getting its ass kicked, and tomorrow you'll be required to think that Russia must be nuked or else Europe will fall, and the expert opinion will once again change to reflect that.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by scaramanga on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:09PM (#30564164)

But we've always been at war with oceania.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by celticninja on Saturday March 05, 2022 @06:19AM (#30566464)

You must think I am 18/20 years old or something. It may surprise you to know that I remember times before Trump was president. And there wasn't social media to 'guide' my thinking.

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Re:Is the Russian Air Force incapable of complex air operati... by elliekelly on Friday March 04, 2022 @10:07PM (#30563795)

Was there any real coordinated resistance in Afghanistan, though?

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