Ukraine Conflict Has Exposed the Mediocrity of Western Weapon Systems
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A few months ago, I wrote a post about how East-Europeans still have a propensity for child-like worship of the rapidly declining West. While this amusing behavior might have somewhat easier to understand three decades ago, in the immediate aftermath of Cold War and dissolution of USSR- it is much harder to rationalize today, or indeed anytime after 2008. While I could give you a list of reasons for why East-Europeans, who are declining even faster, still want to believe in the ghost of Western economic and technological supremacy, this post will focus on what happens when that article of faith meets cold hard reality. By now, at least some of you know that Ukrainian army has suffered over 500k deaths with a similar number being permanently crippled in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. In contrast, Russian casualties in both categories are about 1/7th to 1/9th those suffered by Ukraine. While there are a number of reasons why Ukrainian casualties are so much higher, even though most in West pretend otherwise, let us talk about one major factor which drove this unfortunate statistic- namely, a belief in the inherent superiority of western weapon systems.
Ukraine Conflict Has Exposed the Mediocrity of Western Weapon Systems
Ukraine Conflict Has Exposed the Mediocrity…
Ukraine Conflict Has Exposed the Mediocrity of Western Weapon Systems
A few months ago, I wrote a post about how East-Europeans still have a propensity for child-like worship of the rapidly declining West. While this amusing behavior might have somewhat easier to understand three decades ago, in the immediate aftermath of Cold War and dissolution of USSR- it is much harder to rationalize today, or indeed anytime after 2008. While I could give you a list of reasons for why East-Europeans, who are declining even faster, still want to believe in the ghost of Western economic and technological supremacy, this post will focus on what happens when that article of faith meets cold hard reality. By now, at least some of you know that Ukrainian army has suffered over 500k deaths with a similar number being permanently crippled in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. In contrast, Russian casualties in both categories are about 1/7th to 1/9th those suffered by Ukraine. While there are a number of reasons why Ukrainian casualties are so much higher, even though most in West pretend otherwise, let us talk about one major factor which drove this unfortunate statistic- namely, a belief in the inherent superiority of western weapon systems.