Defense

The US Army Doesn’t Seem Real Sure It Could Stop a Russian Invasion of Europe

Written by Teunis Felter

As generals Michael Williamson, H. R. McMaster, Joseph Anderson, and John Murray told a Senate hearing on Army modernization this week, the Army has barely enough forces to meet a baseline planning scenario. That baseline is the ability to fight two major conflicts at the same time, winning in one theater while denying the enemy victory in the other theater, the assumption being that once the first fight is won, forces from it could be moved to finish the second fight. This is called a “deny/defeat” scenario.

https://news.vice.com/article/the-us-army-may-not-be-able-to-hold-off-russian-attack-europe

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.