About "NATO Trained" VSU Units.

Yes, about that--NATO Trained. 

By now not only this qualifier sounds funny but it becomes down right buffoonish since the inevitable question arises--and what CAN NATO possibly "train" in a few weeks those VSU "elite" units when the WHOLE process of combat training and field manuals of NATO is utterly incompatible with the modern warfare of scale. "Training" just the use of battlefield weapons and some basic unit maneuvering with comms, which are being suppressed brutally by Russian Army at the front-line, using finicky and grossly over-hyped NATO weapons? That's not real "combat training". 

Fact is, teaching personnel a physical exertion, while important, in and of itself doesn't even begin to cover a set of requirements for modern warrior who operates under the fire intensity and ISR constrains (for VSU), such as Starlink comms now being suppressed all over the place (in Russian), while maneuvering is de facto impossible without being detected, tracked and annihilated by long-range fires. None of that is known to NATO trainers and that is why even VSU servicemen laugh at this "training". And then, of course, comes this issue of officer cadre. Interestingly, Macgergor speaks about it in his latest video I posted, where he gives (grim) assessment of US service academies. Risking to call the wrath of some people upon me, I dare to state that NATO officer corps education and training is not even in the same league with that of Russia. 

Russia's military education never abolished a classic Soviet officer training which amounted to full 6 academic years (5 calendar years) and produced graduate degree military engineers with the undergraduate (Bachelor of Science) equivalent in military science. Purely combined arms (общевойсковые) academies go for 4 calendar (5 academic) years and in all of them, across the board, curriculum is simply grueling--both physically and, especially so, academically. Add here inherently much higher STEM academic level of Russia's public schools where the future military cadets originate and you will understand the abyss which separates command corps' of NATO and Russia. Today it is being paraded in a front of the whole world. 

Russia celebrated her Navy Day yesterday and, as is traditional, Putin underscored the commitment for the expansion of Russian Navy. Interestingly, while everyone knows about Russian Navy's big items such as Belgorod or six pr. 22350 (M) FFGs being built, the fact that the announcer of the parade convincingly stated that all "mosquitos" will be armed with 3M22 Zircon, thus dispelling any doubts about "lightening" of Zircon for smaller ships, came as a surprise of sorts.

 

It goes like this: if you have 3C14 UKSK VLS and Centavr NM satellite comms--you are getting Zircon whether you want it or not)). We should now expect submarine (submerged) launch of 3M22 from Severodvinsk or Kazan very soon, after which Zircon will be procured to subs. Interesting...