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[-] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 35 points 5 months ago

Ukrainian crews say the fundamental problem is that the Abrams were built for advances aided by air power and artillery, which Ukraine lacks.

It seems to me like this might be the absolute biggest problem.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 36 points 5 months ago

The entire NATO military doctrine mandates air superiority and despite all the wonderweapons, the US can only achieve air superiority against shpeherds

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

base your entire military doctrine around air superiority

fight the other former superpower that also knows this and therefore has world leading air defence

??????
all my tanks broke

There's gotta be like 100 US STRATCOM guys shitting, pissing, screaming about this exact scenario to no avail as they keep sending more equipment that gets owned by a by some late 70s soviet stockpile shit with an accountable value of "Wait, why do we still have this?"

[-] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

"wait, why do we still have this?"

"Hey boss, found this in the back of the shed. Think it's useful?"

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago

The subsonic Batman plane that can't fly in the rain will get there when it gets there, OK?

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

All of Americas combat doctrine assumes you're doing strafing runs on rural farmers and have total air superiority.

We have no idea how to fight an actual peer.

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