Korva wrote:United Marxist Nations wrote:That reminds me, I've been meaning to ask you if you think the conflict in the Ukraine shows any new trends in tactics, strategy, etc. that are worth noting. You seem to be one of the more knowledgeable about things like that.
You see a lot of off the shelf gear like home surveillance kits and hobby kit UAV's being used but they aren't really trends that you would see adopted by any major/well funded military.
That and the troubling feudal aspect of the conflict are luckily things that won't really be replicated too much elsewhere. It is a weird war and I'm not sure too many (unique) lessons can be derived from it.
Probably the biggest thing that will pop up elsewhere is the scale/type of information warfare that has proliferated throughout Russian language social media.
As far as the feudal aspects, I myself am a bit concerned that the conflict has confirmed the return of the Atamans as local military powers to be reckoned with.