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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Competent countries lose hard in their wargames, because the whole point of wargames is to learn something from them. If you set out to roflstomp the opfor, you might as well stay home and play Red Alert on easy mode.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder what kind of shit-ass tactics they attempted

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Human waves lmfao

More succinctly: when training is hard, the mission is easy.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's always been a tactic of the Western military industrial complex to overstate Russian/Soviet capabilities in order to extract more public money. Anyone with any sense was always aware of their shortcomings.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

You can bet that NATO is drawing up plans to not fall back in the Baltics.