So, how's that democracy going in Europe, eh? Mighty Norway wants to fight Russia. Hey, Glenn Diesen, may I suggest more pseudo-military shysters like Karaganov or Ted Postol on your show. There is a lot of infogypsies who believe that NATO will exist 30 minutes after Russia decides to really finish it off. But then again, judging by the "level" of NATO militaries they are good only for photo ops. I will abstain here commenting on BS Ted Postol, who wouldn't be allowed anywhere near with his "Ph.D" in physics to teach even as a junior lecturer in Bauman's MGTU (not that he knows anything about it, or in MIT), spews about Oreshnik, but here is my good friend Colonel Vladimir Trukhan (he held clearances CIA amateurs can only dream about), apart from other common friends of ours (accidently, Ph.Ds and senior officers including from RVSN, not that Postol and his curators know anything about it) explaining in Russian about Oreshnik.
This is in Russian. For those who do not understand, including in Pentagon, MIT, Georgetown, CIA, USMA at West Point and other orgs--you know nothing about war. Zero. This is not gloating, fact is--I still pay my due to heroism of the US Navy and Allies ... but that is so far in the past it defies description. Those who want to listen, use neural networks they will translate.
... Colonel Vladimir Trukhan explains (in Russian) about all this "Russia must help" BS propagated by all kinds of "do gooders", who still do not realize that this is NOT the world of 1960s and Russia IS NOT Soviet Union. Far from it.
I know there are means on internet, using neural networks, to translate it in English, but importance of Vladimir's 5-minute talk is not just in what he says--I was saying the same thing for years now--it is in the fact of what he represents--a serious level of people who think exactly like him in Russia. Obviously, neural network will not be able to properly translate a number of Vladimir's idiomatic expressions, LOL)) "Pickled cocks" is one of them)). And against the background of the events of the last week and, especially, of the last 48 hours it should be understood very clearly--404 is but a nuisance in a larger scheme of things, especially with clear indications today of Europe (Macron, Meloni et al) being scared shitless. Good. I speak about this and more in my today's video which should be up shortly.
... talks to a major Russian outlet RBC (Ross Business Consulting) and explains what is going on today (in Russian).I cannot emphasize enough the abyss in military awareness between Western public, which is brought up on Hollywood BS and Russian one, which is eager to be explained about things in operational terms not media-BS.
Here is me and Volodya yesterday (in Russian). This is real war, not some turkey shoot in Gulf against semi-literate Saddam's Army and anybody who wants to understand what is going on--they better start learning basic things.
... who reminded all of us, that millennia pass but, as Lucius Aemilius wrote:
Do you give full credit to whatever I shall write to you, or to the
senate; but do not by your credulity encourage mere rumours, of which no
man shall appear as the responsible author.
[7]
For, no man is so entirely regardless of reputation, as that his
spirits cannot be damped; which I have observed has commonly occurred,
especially in this war.
[8]
In every circle, and, truly, at every table, there are people
who lead armies into Macedonia; who know where the camp ought to be
placed; what posts ought to be occupied by troops; when and through what
pass Macedonia should be entered; where magazines should be formed; how
provisions [p. 2081]should be conveyed by land and sea; and when it is proper to engage the enemy, when to lie quiet.
[9]
And they not only determine what is best to be done, but if any
thing is done in any other manner than what they have pointed out, they
arraign the consul, as if he were on his trial.
[10]
These are great impediments to those who have the management of
affairs; for every one cannot encounter injurious reports with the same
constancy and firmness of mind as Fabius did, who chose to let his own
authority be diminished through the folly of the people, rather than to
mismanage the public business with a high reputation.
[11]
I am not one of those who think that commanders ought never to
receive advice; on the contrary, I should deem that man more proud than
wise, who did every thing of his own single judgment. What then is my
opinion?
[12]
That commanders should be counselled, chiefly, by persons of
known talent; by those, especially, who are skilled in the art of war,
and who have been taught by experience; and next, by those who are
present at the scene of action, who see the country, who see the enemy;
who see the advantages that occasions offer, and who, embarked, as it
were, in the same ship, are sharers of the danger.
[13]
If, therefore, any one thinks himself qualified to give advice
respecting the war which I am to conduct, which may prove advantageous
to the public, let him not refuse his assistance to the state, but let
him come with me into Macedonia. He shall be furnished by me with a
ship, a horse, a tent; and even with his travelling charges.
[14]
But if he thinks this too much trouble, and prefers the repose
of a city life to the toils of war, let him not, on land, assume the
office of a pilot. The city, in itself, furnishes abundance of topics
for conversation;
[15]
let it confine its passion for talking, and rest assured, that
we shall be content with such councils as shall be framed within our
camp.”
[16]
Soon after this speech, the Latin festival having been
celebrated on the day before the calends of April, and the sacrifice on
the mount affording favourable omens, the consul, and Cneius Octavius,
the prae- tor, set out directly for Macedonia.
[17]
There is a tradition that the consul, at his departure, was
escorted by multitudes unusually numerous; and that people, with
confident hope, presaged a conclusion of the Macedonian war, and the
speedy return of the consul, to a glorious triumph.
... Vladimir Trukhan and I respond to questions and give some basics for Russian view on warfare.
This also answers the question which one of our friends posted in the previous thread--about opinion on the summary of Jacques Baud's new book on Russian Art of War. The summary is excellent and Baud echoes what we have been talking about for years... Operationally NATO basically has no clue what war is--one of the major reason for Pentagon's hatred and professional envy.
I am on record--the US (and West) has no viable strategic analysis as such. Actually no--if it would have been absent it would have been still better than what passes for it in the West. The result? Well, it is in a front of our very eyes.
... so, if you want--prepare questions you may want to ask my good friend Colonel (Ret.) of Central Apparatus of Ministry of Defense of Russia Vladimir Trukhan. I plan to get it live underway some time this week. So, post questions in comments section. I will ask the ones which are relevant to the issue of military art, SMO, operations.
... who have any military and intel education and experience on both American and Russian side have been saying non-stop about "Battle of Kiev" which... never happened. This is stated by my good friend Colonel Vladimir Trukhan starting at 42:00.
Pay attention to what Vladimir emphasizes and which I soon will chafe my tongue in my videos by explaining that military victories are won on operational and strategic levels. This is what Vladimir says, AGAIN, Russian Armed Forces "never lost operational initiative for a day while having some tactical complications" (c). I may add--inevitable in the operations of such scale. Write down in your notes: Colonel-Operator of Central Apparatus of Russian Defense Ministry Vladimir Trukhan. This is how military professionals think on operational-strategic level, you also learn every day, because once you stopped learning--you are done as a professional. US military lost this ability to learn, or learned all the wrong lessons--this is why the "plan" of the "counteroffensive" to slice Russian defense in two by going for Melitopol and then cut land corridor to Crimea was done by military amateurs who never fought the enemy who can maneuver better than any NATO force can, and it could never work.
Well, we all know how it "worked"--160,000+ casualties and 18,000 pieces of equipment lost by VSU in this "counteroffensive". You have to have a real "talent" to be able to kill so many men and lose so much hardware. Do they teach these "operations" by collective Baghdad Bob and Iraqi Generals in the US Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas? How else can you explain this unprecedented failure with catastrophic consequences for 404, not to mention the fact that it dramatically accelerated geopolitical collapse of the whole Pax Americana.
For those who wonder what Operational Initiative is:
A set of created conditions, situation and objective circumstances that make it possible to impose one’s will on the enemy during an ongoing operation for a certain time in the corresponding direction.The side that has seized the initiative has the freedom to choose methods of action, directions and timing of strikes, and can solve assigned tasks in favorable conditions, while the other side is limited in its actions.Seizing and maintaining operational initiative is one of the most important factors in achieving success in operations.It is achieved by delivering preemptive strikes, surprise actions, more decisive, daring and active use of one’s troops (naval forces) and assets, gaining fire superiority, air and sea supremacy, and constraining enemy actions.
How you gain it--that's the issue of military art, a real one. It is not enough to talk about it.
