There’s always shortfalls in training somewhere. It’s just the nature of the beast, unfortunately. Trying to keep a modern military machine properly trained to fight in almost every region/climate imaginable, limits the ability to really focus on specific climates. Kind of like the old saying: “Jack of all trades, but…

Pot. Kettle. Black.

You mean besides the plunging economy, massive budget cuts; being reliant on fossil energy sales for a majority of exports/foreign currency transactions; lack of a modern economy (which is why you need to have an 19th century foreign policy doctrine); declining population; horrendously poor infrastructure (I’ve seen…

Gee, that wouldn’t be because you both are Russian shills, would it?

Wow, another great retort. What’s next, “yo mamma” jokes?

In some cases. It depends on the op. I’d say around 70-75% of Tier 1 ops could accommodate the deployment of these ATVs. Logistics isn’t really the issue. They can be brought in with insertion teams via boats, flown in with the team to regional airfields, or can be pushed out of a plane high above, and parachuted…

I guess when your own country is falling down around you, the best way to deal with it is to engage in wishful thinking that others may fall down, too— right comrade?

Do you really want to get into a debate about which country has a richer tradition of murdering civilians— the US or Russia?

True.

From personal experience, our training protocols don’t really center around any one specific climate, or region. What’s largely focused on are general movement tactics, CQB procedures, small-squad formations, ambush tactics, maximizing CAS, etc, etc. These training procedures carry over to any environment with some…

You didn’t answer the question.

“Chechnya and Dagestan were the victims of an Islamist insurgency”

Wow, great retort.

Uh, no, Georgia became tired of a semi-autonomous region within their own borders disregarding the fact that they were ultimately a part of Georgia, and instead acting as a wholly separate entity. They revoked the area’s semi-autonomy as punishment. Russia invaded because Russia wanted to weaken Georgia for having the…

I’m with you there. No one benefits from that scenario. NATO already knows it can defeat the S-400, their public comments to the contrary, not withstanding. But actually defeating the system would involve an act that could end up being WW3.

Poland’s GROM has some of the best soldiers/operators I’ve ever worked with. Professional, honest, dedicated, and boy do they know how to party...

And doing so would ultimately lead to NATO bombing the living hell out of the S-400 system components in Syria.

“Russia stopped Georgian expansionist foolish in South Ossetia”

Those B-1 avionics/guidance systems are certainly better than the Russian’s use of handheld Garmin units duct-taped/bungie corded to the inside of their cockpits...

You’re missing the point.