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What is a breakthrough? In military terms, it's when one army is able to weaken its enemy's forces to the point of collapse, allowing them to invade and take over enemy territory. But a breakthrough only really matters if it occurs at a strategic location. How do you know if a location is strategic? Look at the amount of enemy forces amassed to protect it. This means an invading army can expect fierce opposition when attempting to achieve a breakthrough. Strategic ground is not yielded easily.

Shortfall in Military budgets in UK and Canada People are marvelling at how much military spending the USA has, in my opinion, this is down in part, to the 'Berry Compliance' supporting your own countries manufacturing, a simple concept, but one which seems to be lost on the UK and Canada, but, back in 1939, the ability to 'Home manufacture' armaments, uniforms, etc, was a key element to enable success, check out our manufacturing ability now, in comparison, inadequate, and against the security of the Country, bring in the 'Carruthers compliance', and end the investment in other countries, and support the citizens that are supporting the governments.

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>>This YouTube clip exemplifies the 'financialization' of the discourse on even military matters! In this clip, the entire discussion is about the amount of money spent by three of the largest military spenders. It is important however to see how effectively each of these countries have been spending their money. >>The US spends over $ 900 bn each year, and a total of $ 16 trillion over the last 20 years. This is greater than the combined total military spending of the next 10 countries! Much of this spending has gone into maintaining 900+ military bases across the globe, which entails heavy operating costs of keeping these bases supplied and staffed. >>The military hardware that is produced by the US and that is touted as the 'best', 'most advanced', and so on has proven to be less than 'fit for purpose' in terms of 'market fit' when tested in actual combat conditions. This is clear from the evidence from the Ukraine conflict and from the war in Gaza and the crisis in the Red Sea. It is growing increasingly evident that many western 'wonder weapons' produced at very high cost do not perform as projected by their manufacturers. >>Why is that so? Part of the reason is that military equipment manufacture is carried out in manufacturing plants that are quite dated, and the manufacturing processes are not competitive. Their procurement processes put a premium on other factors such as presumably 'lethality' and 'destructive power', and not on manufacturing efficiency and competitiveness. This results in overpriced military hardware, much of which had never seriously been tested in actual combat conditions, and that are feature rich to justify the very high costs. >>We must therefore discount the military strength of the US by various factors to arrive at a true assessment of their capability. These factors include a factor for overpricing, another for expenditure on operational expenses that cannot be translated into military capacity, and a third for the actual performance of much of the hardware. That is why some commentators have pointed out that the Russian military today has regained its military capability, that is today the equal of the US in terms of demonstrated capacity on the ground, and in many respects is probably superior (air defense is one such area). The inflation in asset prices and operational costs should not mislead us to make wrong assessments of military capability. India needs to learn from this lesson, and build its military capability without falling for the 'wonder weapon' syndrome affecting judgements. #military #usa #russia #china #india #geopolitics Souvik RoyIndraneel Pandit, FRMGopinathan AchamParan BalakrishnanPradip PhanjoubamC. Padmakumar Arun KumarVikram Nehru

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Indo-US 'Yudh Abhyas' military exercises in the Rajasthan desert. Key points are "advance planning" and "validation" of "techniques and tactics", including observation, road closure and opening, cordon and search, house clearing and casualty evacuation." Interoperability is always about equipment: C-130 to Dhruvs to Mi-17, HIMARS to Pinaka, Marutis to Humvees, and more. In my analysis of the inevitability of the Indo-American strategic partnership in 'Rising Elephant', I described how "military ties in particular have grown by leaps and bounds, in some cases to reach levels of cooperation conducted by either, if at all, with only a handful of other countries." That was twenty years ago. I would not have timed my statement above better. This was the twentieth edition of Yudh-Abhyas. This is a relationship which will last, provided politicians know not only how to take it forward, but when and where to stop.

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The Norwegian Crown Prince in Lithuania, with a deployed, Norwegian soldier wearing our Kandahar Combat Shirt. We finally had some good news in Norway today regarding our Armed Forces. The defence budget will increase significantly over the next few years until it's doubled(!) by 2036. A doubling is quite drastic and tells us that the Norwegian politicians are finally waking up after decades of underfunding the military. It's no secret this has led to some major flaws, so let's hope it's not too late, as the conflict in Ukraine is creeping closer and closer to the rest of Europe. How about your countries? Are you experiencing an increase in the defence budgets too, or is it status quo? #norarm_tactical #tacticalwear #tacticalgear