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UK Military Chief ‘Heaps Praises’ On Russia; Calls ‘Land Warfare The Real Domain’ As Moscow Cripples Ukraine
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By Parth Satam

July 4, 2022

The war in Ukraine has left some profound lessons for the Western world, particularly Great Britain (UK), whose Chief of General Staff General Patrick Sanders called for “mobilizing” against Russia.


But what stood out in his speech was quoting Britain’s wartime Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery’s exhortation in 1937, two years before World War 2.

“There is no need to continue doing a thing merely because it has been done in the Army for the last thirty or forty years – if this is the only reason for doing it, then it is high time we changed and did something else,” Monty had said.

While slamming a “revanchist” Russia for its war in Ukraine, Sanders went on to call “land” the “decisive domain,” putting it before “standoff, air, maritime or cyber” capability, which “alone cannot” win a war – or at least one against Russia in Europe.

Sanders spoke at the Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI) Land Warfare Conference on June 28. In attendance were Defense Secretary Ben Wallace; United States Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth; Germany’s Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Alfons Mais; and Oleksandr Danylyuk, former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Russia’s military intervention has heavily used long-range cruise missile strikes on Ukrainian formations, military bases, and defense industrial infrastructure to degrade its fighting and resupply capability.

It paid off when Ukrainian military brass admitted they ran out of artillery ammunition while losing most of their Soviet-era artillery guns.

It was followed by a ground attack with nearly 150,000 troops – less than half the size of the 500,000 that would have been required to permanently hold and occupy the country – in combined arms Battle Tactical Groups (BTG) from the north, east, and south.

They were supported by limited air cover by ground-attack aircraft like Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot, Su-34 fighter-bombers, and Close Air Support (CAS) by helicopter gunships like the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator and Mi-28 Havoc.

There was little to no air action, primarily owing to the small size of Ukraine’s Air Force of merely 127 fixed-wing planes: three dozen Su-27 interceptors and roughly 50 older generation MiG-29 jets.

Moreover, they are armed with older generation R-27ET and ER missiles that don’t have active radar seekers. The launching pilot must keep his plane in line with his missile and guide it toward the target. He can’t ‘shoot and scoot,’ and because of having to keep his radar switched on, he becomes detectable.

Russia has not undertaken an amphibious invasion, as was expected in Mariupol or Odesa. Russians correctly assumed the Ukrainians to have heavily mined the coast and the landing areas, as was evident in the subsequent de-mining operation in Mariupol.

Russia did not bring its full military force to bear for a quick, decisive victory as it preferred slow incremental progress, not push Ukraine and its President Vladimir Zelensky to the wall and preserve a diplomatic track.

In an earlier analysis, the EurAsian Times had touched upon this ‘Long War’ doctrine.

Indeed, it busts some conventional wisdom of warfare established by Western strategists, but it also can be explained by the fact that it was not fighting a Great Power. Ukraine and its military were far from the reforms envisaged and were poorly organized ground forces that, while tactically nevertheless brilliant, did not even have tank armor.

So, while a war with NATO will be different and need the full capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) as air power cannot be undermined, Sanders thinks otherwise is still possibly not an overstatement.

He provided an unintended explanation with a grudging appreciation of Russia’s way of war. “Because Russia wages war at the strategic, not the tactical level, its depth and resilience means it can suffer any number of campaigns, battles, and engagements lost, regenerate, and still ultimately prevail,” he said.

“The war in Ukraine reminds us of the utility of Land Power: it takes an army to hold and regain territory and defend the people. It takes an Army to deter. If this battle came, we would likely be outnumbered at the point of attack and fighting like hell.

Standoff air, maritime or cyber fires are unlikely to dominate on their own – Land will still be the strong domain,” he emphasized.

But what he said next was the punchline: “You can’t cyber your way across a river. No single platform, capability, or tactic will unlock the problem (sic).”

UK-Future Soldier

The UK is set to deliver the “most radical transformation” to its Army in 20 years. (British MoD)
UK’s Future Soldier Program
This new thinking has manifested in the British Army’s ongoing reforms. Its ‘Future Soldier’ program envisages educating, ameliorating, and making the lowly Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) more tech-savvy to make up for its small size of a little under 150,000 troops.

Maj Gen Paul Griffiths, its Director of Personnel, touched upon it in his interview with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Griffiths talked about the NCO Academy, which meant “to enhance their competence for better leadership and train each NCO to be able to do more.”

“Think widely about using technology because a smaller army does not have mass. We are going to increase our mass by using machines. So, the young Corporal has to think not only about his section but probably the weapons systems that are with him in the fight bringing people and machines together as a team,” Griffiths added.



The importance of Professional Military Education (PME), which approaches war academically by grooming ‘soldier scholars,’ as the term goes, can serve as a lesson for India.

It faces vehement protests against a short 4-year stint ‘Agnipath‘ scheme and a disgruntled Veteran community following a series of letdowns on pension and pay demands over the last seven years can take a leaf out of its former colonial masters.

Griffiths himself admitted a need to “unshackle” the British Army from “Victorian” mindsets when he talked about “empowerment and education” as one of the primary goals of the Future Soldier program.

“It’s the thinking soldier that’s going to win, and the point is to help them through education and training, shared experience, coaching (and) mentoring,” he said.

https://eurasiantimes.com/british-military-chief-calls-land-the-new-domain-air-maritime-cyber-power-pass/

Kingsnairaland:
Nothing you tell this guy that will make him to understand that Russia military hardware is more powerful than USA own

When it comes to missiles or nukes Russia range and how deadly it is it beats USA own no need to convince him when time comes we all alive will witness it.

seunny4lif:
I don’t want EU economy to fall and even Russia don’t want it to happen.
Many EU companies have already open back operation in Russia.

Shascky33:
India alone consumes more grain than the Eurozone. The plan is to block the Ukrainian grain going 2 europe, deny europe of russian grain then cause a food price inflation in europe. New and existing friendly partners will end up buying very available russian grains at a cheaper cost. Putin na winch.

mamaafrik:
America go get sense by force

dangermouse:
Murdering innocent and defenceless Ukranians so as to expand a territory almost as big as a continent.
Greed and insatiable yearnings for more powerl is satanic and gross.

Power is indeed nothing without control!!

BritishNaija:
Who is talking about drone? We are talking about f-35, F-22, and B-2, you are here talking about drone. Those are the Aircraft designed to infiltrate Heavily defended Airspace like Russia.

klarry79:
USA failing to build ke? You may want to research the SR-71 Blackbird. It was built in the 50s 60s operated over 30 years and retired in 1999. Hypersonic speed is not a technology unachievable to USA. All their space rockets reach hypersonic speeds and beyond. They may require specific functionalities that may fail under those extreme conditions and won't stop till it's right. While Russia and China were still marveling at aircraft's the SR-71 had attained and still is the fastest aircraft ever flown.

joyandfaith:
Russia should have finished Ukraine by now. Why are they wasting their men and resources in Ukraine for over 4 months now?

BritishNaija:
Bro,Shealth makes it easy to infiltrate the Airspace of Advisory like Russia that have layers of defence with their S-systems, and don't you for a second think that when a Shealth Aircraft decides to take out S systems, that it will go alone.

BritishNaija:
It's False,never happened.

BritishNaija:
Yea. I Guess the French journalist is now the Pilot.
There is one thing you fail to understand, Aircraft like F-35, if it was successfully hit by a missile, you can never hid the fact and it will leak out No matter what, and US will ground it and check for the defficiency that caused the problem. You know and saw how two F-35 crashed Into the Sea and saw how it was leaked? That is to tell you the kind if awareness being given to the plane.

So the News is false.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/israels-f-35s-saw-combat-in-syrian-air-war-that-hit-russian-defenses-2018-5%3famp

DannyFX2638:
Bro , Nigeria , Senegal and Mali military if put together with lots of weapon equipment like Ukraine will defeat NATO

Drenimarcus:
In major Russian cities the war in Ukraine has blended into the background, Russians support Putin, not the protests" - The Wall Street Journal

"Bars are full, concerts are more popular than ever, people are traveling en masse to resorts. The police are not busy suppressing protests... ... but arresting drunken people," the American journalists bitterly stated.

Instead of pacifist demonstrations and rallies, Russians support their president and go on with their lives.

That's the disappointing conclusion American journalists drew.

paafin:
The Allied forces of the Russian federation and LPR liberated the city of Lisichansk from the Ukrainian military, thereby freeing the last city in the region of the Luhansk people's republic.

New battle fronts opens at the Severks-Soledar line.

BritishNaija:
With this your long epistle, you still failed to make sense or clerify things. Instead your expose your lack of knowledge.

First, The News that Syria hit F35 is false, you also do not know anything about Bird strike, because if you do, you should know it has been bringing down planes no matter the cost of the plane and should be avoided at all cost.

Again, No one know told you that Shealth means total invisibility of the Aircraft.. For example, If S-400 can detect and engage f-16 from 400km, it can't detect Shealth plane until tens of kilometers, which makes it too late. B-2 Bomber is the most dangerous, as it has radar cross section the size of a bee, even if the S-400 manages to detect it at that size, it can't engage it.

Please when did US rebuffed China from buying S-400? You have Come again, What business does US have with China acquiring S-400?


And stop posting false news, Israel F-35s Started flying sorties Into Syria in 2018 and was never combat ready in 2017, talkless of being hit.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/22/613259802/israel-says-f-35s-see-first-ever-combat-with-idf-over-syria

BritishNaija:
That is a False. Russia have never engaged Ukraine forces or lunched Missile attacks from Belarus until days ago, Which was Well published. And was done by it bombers. Do not swallow everything you read, verify first.


Any attack done by Russia from Belarus will be Well detected and published

Drenimarcus:
He is on kool-aid. They sent parts of this to Russia as a gift sef.

They downed another US drone few years back, i think 2017 or so.

Today, the Chinese were showcasing their weapons and the Russian S-400 was amongst their weapons.

S-400 that everyone is rushing like hot cake, even the US low-key wants it.

Russia,China,North Korea and Iran. Any US weapons that nears them go collect wotoporously

BritishNaija:
Bro, the drone cost around $6 million and not $100m. You like to exaggerate things a lot.

okeysoninv:
rubbish , Israel has been giving them wotowoto back to back with all the s300, s400 pantsir trash. why did turkey stopped further purchase of s400 after repeated strike from Israel.
do you even understand how kamikaze drone operate and air defense. a low flying kamikaze suicide will take that shit* to clearer.
USA McQ is of no match to any drone on Earth. is a priceless drone not to toil with.

BritishNaija:
Anyone of the candidates camp that is able to convince me, I unleash my Anonymous Crew members for full supports, both in Cyber promotions or DDOS of Any sites of choice. No matter the War in Ukraine, Iand my team members made up of Russians and Ukrainiand Cyber "A" teams are in good terms, and I pride myself being the Supervisor and having the final decision making power.

okeysoninv:
no be only pant sir rubbish. kamikaze flew 150miles into Russia territory and bomb hell out of ruscists oil refinery. where is the touted missiles in Russia soil.

seunny4lif:
Japan doesn’t consider Russia’s decree on the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project as a requisition, the country’s minister of economy, trade and industry has said.

The Japanese government believes the decree signed by Putin is asking current stakeholders whether they agree to hand over all rights of the project to a new company, Koichi Hagiuda told reporters.

Putin signed the decree on Thursday to take charge of the Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s far east, a move that could force Shell and Japan’s Mitsui and Mitsubishi to abandon their investments in the project.

Now Japan is complaining about it but I thought they want out of Russia before or is it not what they said before

okeysoninv:
only kamikaze drone will send this carcass into Oblivion

BritishNaija:
You see you, I'm not disputing if Russia S-400 shutdown Ukrainain Jet, Both side have been knocking eachother,

But I'm disputing the lie you told about S-400 stationed in Belarus shutdown Jet in kiev.

BritishNaija:


I have to laugh, Please Where do you get this lie from? Russia S-400 in Belarus took out Jet in Kiev? Please never you tell that fables to anyone else; It didn't happen Bro.

There a lot of ways to destroy Russia SAMs Which the US is Very Well capable of.