Lesson from Ukraine: Our fighting doctrine is fatally flawed because our "precision" weapons fail

"Precision beats mass" and "one shot, one kill" are the foundations of Western combat doctrine. It supposes that our weapons, which are highly accurate, can through deliberate target selection and mission execution overcome large disadvantages in manpower.
But prior to the Ukraine War, that theory had not been tested against a "peer opponent". Previous conflicts were against inferior forces, poorly equipped.
Russia and China, on the other hand, have world-class militaries, and Russia has shown a shocking degree of adaptability against our precision weapons platforms. Their Electronic Warfare efforts include jamming of our radar systems and GPS satellite feeds, and it is proving so successful that our artillery and missile systems are obsolete within mere weeks of their deliveries to Ukrainian warfighters.
Senior military officers and defense experts are finally raising alarm, and admit that our assumptions about our capabilities have been greatly exaggerated.
Resources and links:
Wall Street Journal, High-Tech American Weapons Work Against Russia-Until They Don’t: Moscow is learning how to defeat Western precision munitions in Ukraine
www.wsj.com/world/us-weapons-...
Houthis Shoot Down Third MQ-9; Five Now Lost to Hostile Fire in Just Over a Year
www.airandspaceforces.com/hou...
Inside China Business, US missile platforms rely on Chinese semiconductors
• The US military needs ...
Closing scene: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Province

[@slc801]

The US should stop warmongering and try living peacefully with other countries 👍🏼

[@ratumelimatanatoto2488]

Truth

[@tkh2944]

Too much neurotic insecurities of the base primordial character of the national governance to ever do that. Need to be civilised with moral compass intact of their character first ...

[@jamiecrisalli3643]

True, we would like that. But the ghost of Henry Kissinger is going to be with us for a long time.

[@bigboyshit1]

As opposed to Russia that is literally trying to steal another countries land and vast resources 🥴

[@airy-mountain]

Tell that to Russia.

[@williammanning1028]

The U.S. military industrial complex is profit oriented; they manufacture what sells. Russia's MIC is not; they manufacture what the military says it needs in accord with Russian military doctrine. What they manufacture has to work. No ifs, ands, or buts. Also, Russia and China do not offer courses in gender studies.

[@mobiuszero1018]

Must be so nice to have a MIC that serves the country and not the other way around😑

[@linus631]

Three words! West is fxxked

[@jameslum8822]

Rest assured, Russia and China are exchanging notes on the Ukraine conflict. China knows they will be next and has to prepare a surprise for US military in the Pacific.

[@pgdog888]

​@linus631 u can said America is FUCK. 😂

[@spudwesth]

Remember the Sargeant York system.

[@charliehargrave7458]

My generation served in Vietnam and we lost, the children and grandchildren of my generation served in the middle east and we lost. Korea was a draw and no one won. We live a field of dreams if we think we are number one.

[@ZalshahZalshah]

Military Industrial Complex win...

[@loveblindhate9318]

My dad served in Nam.

[@tayclift5322]

​@@ZalshahZalshahThat is all Congress cares about.

[@bungkusi2432]

Korea is not a draw China was a poor country that time, don't have the weapon & tech. And yet, the US accept "draw".... That's not a win, that's saving face

[@abdurazakjapar4557]

Funny....our weapons work in Iraq,Iran and Afghanistan but failed in Ukraine...

[@glass8289]

"The goal is an endless war, not a successful war” Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

[@good2freelance1]

endless war = endless death endless murder, endless crimes, thats pure evil.

[@Kingofthehill84]

Agreed, but they really want to win the war against Russia though.

[@morbid747]

93 percent of US history is war. Facts.

[@franzsigel7166]

@@good2freelance1 but also endless money for the military industrial complex.

[@sionnachog894]

Assange spoke the truth so the US had him locked away and persecuted. We can see why now.

[@wernermesserer4464]

As Ukrainian i would be even more shocked that US politicians dicuss financial cost of the war after several 100 000 Ukrainians have died for the expansion of the US empire, than because of the fact, that Ukraine got second rate equipment. With friends like this you do not need foes.

[@loveblindhate9318]

I keep on saying the West betrayed Ukraine. I learned to play chess from Soviets, both old Russians and Ukrainians. They always have treated each other like brothers and sisters, until recently.

[@bungkusi2432]

I believe ukarie already got the best weapons They just say it it's second grade to save faces

[@Andrew-rc3vh]

@@bungkusi2432 Yes and it is because if they did send the second-rate ones and they failed then how many more would the arms companies be able to sell around the world. This war is advertising for them.

[@kwlee8420]

@@Andrew-rc3vh Pretty soon we'll be seeing another much hyped wonder weapon, the F-16s. Are we ready for Prime Time??

[@IStandWithRussiaZOV]

As American I'm sorry for everything my heartbreaks for ukrainians & Russians who are fighting NATO proxy war

[@incredulouskirk]

as an american, i'm fed up w the warmongering psychopaths who run america...and i'm not just talking about politicians. this HAS to stop. this is not what americans want. we're sick of this. i know europeans feel the same way.

[@evaskjerd]

🎯👏

[@freddeforsmark8014]

As a european (Swedish) I completely agree! The warmongering in The US and Europe is just insane, and for what!? Sweden was a (fairly) neutral country for 200 years, and suddenly we have to militarize and join NATO. Why? We swedes are also fed up with this.

[@mvzdo]

@@freddeforsmark8014 kkkkkk Because your coutry have political breaks against dictators, china and russia dont. Do you want pay to see?

[@LuciTulcea]

​@@freddeforsmark8014Otherwise you'll become a new Chechnya or Ukraine you dead brain.

[@bgdabg6769]

​@@freddeforsmark8014Serbian here...I think you even have greater problems than West-Russia thing. Like nobody there care how your society change. Immigrants, dangerous streets, demographic... More or less like USA. Fighting all over the world, making enemies while their youth is rotten, more homeless, drug adicts, foreigners entering country as they want... again it's similar to UK, France, Germany... I don't know how, this world have to change or all will be over

[@markalexander5124]

$4000 for a bolt that sells for $4 at Bolts and Nuts...

[@Mr.H333]

$3996 for "confidental" logistic

[@TwiceStruck]

​@@Mr.H333Didn't that brother and sister got charge for that, I recall hearing that in the news, almost $30 for a $0.36 nuts n bolts. Mind you this is times 1000s that were shipped off

[@bungkusi2432]

Because of 100000% tax/fee for buying from alibaba

[@TwiceStruck]

@@bungkusi2432 Should look at the price of gas going Afghanistan that time, Military was paying record amounts

[@aceman00ify]

I read that contractors to the Pentagon were charging $30,000 per roll of toilet paper for their air craft carriers.

[@DanijelTurina973]

If someone is giving you a ride to the ISS or making all your electronics, it's reasonable to assume you don't want to mess with them.

[@bertanelson8062]

Yep, ha, ha!

[@peanut0brain]

I believe Russia makes the best rocket engines and ŰŠ buys from them

[@janicetone1624]

As of July 11th; don't we still have 2 astronauts STUCK on the ISS ? Strange how western media doesn't mention them at all 🤔.

[@peanut0brain]

@@janicetone1624 it would be too embarrassing to mention those two astronauts, just like the Ěisenhower carrier getting nose bleed by the Hóűthïs lol

[@loungelizard836]

So we don't want to mess with SpaceX!

[@denisalvarado9991]

Our weapons work, just not on an adversary like Russia. They work against inferior countries but not against other major powers.

[@DDOD25]

Why would you say something silly like that? Ukraine is successfully dealing with entire Russian ground forces, Black Sea fleet and aviation for 10 years now. How is Ukraine stronger than USA? It was ranked like 100 something in world's strongest armies list. Still enough to keep Russia at bay.

[@E-currency]

@@DDOD25another MSM victim. Br.inwash.d f00l

[@arsenijearsen3041]

​@romanheinz25 what you want to say , it's not understandable?

[@normanberg9940]

How well did they work against Vietnamese rice farmers and Afghan goatherds? Judging from the results, not well at all. Judging by the incompetence of your secret service recently I am beginning to think that American power is just a very large bag of wind.

[@abdulrashidabang5583]

I do agreed.America had been fighting the weak and poor countries such as Vietnam and Afghanistan the poorest countries in Asia and today America is fighting a country that is struck with famine and involved in civil war and yet America couldn't beat that country.The only thing that is good about America is propaganda and fake news.

[@elangovan1592]

You are providing an invaluable service by shocking fools and idoits with reality and realism .You are AMAZING.

[@tayclift5322]

They will never listen 😂 They will just say "But, but Kiev in three days" 🥴

[@Hystericall]

The ones making decisions aren't listening. US has made an ideological trap for itself from which it cannot escape. Its the same old problem....oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

[@potter8059]

To those who watch, this is preaching to the choir. To those who need to watch, this at best is "playing the fiddle to the cattle", worst would be to an empty room since they will never show up.

[@laowantongchau]

The fools would just assume Kevin gets paid by China to say these things. In other words, Chinese propaganda.

[@alexk8583]

can't fix stupid. They'll be told he's a Kremlin's agent.

[@john99776]

All true. Not to mention that we didn't need to enter any of these conflicts in the first place.

[@betsyb2256]

If you don't see this guy as reading a script... he's a Chinese shill. Ukraine is a proxy war but this is straight propaganda.

[@andycapusta7572]

You are talking about Ukrainian conflict? There was a deal, Ukraine gives away 1200 nukes and US, UK and ruzzia protect Ukraine. Ukraine kept its promise, please keep yours! I'm not even talking about ruzzia ruining all modern world order and rules

[@laowantongchau]

But how is the US supposed to sell any weapons without conflicts??

[@BruceWayne-xg2cz]

​@@laowantongchau Yes that's true.. war is business 😢

[@Sekret1k]

As a global hegemon and Guarantor of Ukrainian sovereignty and security according to Budapest treaty US should’ve take part. If US fail to keep up its promises, the hegemony is over and Dollar is dumped. This will destroy you and not the war. US could prevent it all back in 2014, but haven’t. Even in 2022 US could provide enough equipment to Ukraine to stop this conflict, but Biden’s administration was busy nurturing russia and saving Putin personally

[@felixsu375]

The reason is simple. When the US GPS system was designed back in the 70s, they never thought about Electronic Warfare. US GPS satellites broadcast at 40W. So all it takes is a 500W transmitter to drown out the GPS signals for 300 miles. Russia have designed their GPS system initially to match US system, ie. 40W. Then they doubled it to 80W. And now some of their satellites broadcast at 160W. It is still easily jammable by the US. So if the US were to bring GPS jammers, neither Russian or US GPS weapons would work properly. Chinese Beidou GPS system broadcasts at 1,400W. Yes over one thousand watts. It makes their GPS much harder to jam and if they use an antenna array and special anti-jamming antennas, we might not be able to jam Chinese GPS signals. So there is no mystery about this. It's just a matter of using a concert speakers to drown out conversation across a distance of a normal room. With the Chinese it's like using room speakers to try to drown out concert speakers. Not easy to do. This analogy only goes so far. After all jammers are on the ground and GPS transmitters are in space. Obviously, China was thinking about jamming problem when they designed their GPS system. So can we jam Chinese GPS signals? We don't know. But we do know they can jam ours.

[@phils4634]

China has a very active Space Warfare programme, with a number of orbital assets which have been shown to be capable of degrading surface radars, especially those used for weapons guidance on the US's Aegis class boats. China knows how the US plans to engage them, and has been designing assets to disrupt any US military activity. No doubt Russia has been sharing information concerning the limitations of US technology, as well as countermeasures solutions.

[@dcpotomac20850]

They did it a few days ago near Philippines, and it disrupted the GPS operation in Luzon.

[@SSTan-cz7eo]

Wow ! I learn something new

[@SSTan-cz7eo]

@@dcpotomac20850 , no western media report it ,as usual

[@GrumpierByTheDay]

Brilliant comment.

[@davidrichards1741]

Meanwhile, the US says it'll take 12 years to repair the key Baltimore bridge. China can rebuild it in 12 weeks!😯

[@user-jd9rx2rx7b]

OMG

[@jstasiak2262]

China can rebuild that bridge in two days!!! I’m serious.

[@chuekaothao6329]

Even a city bus stop shelter on the side of curb in my city took month to built and still going as I'm writing.

[@davidlazarus67]

The Oroville Dam took many months to fix. The Chinese have fixed a dam in days.

[@tiagodagostini]

Well to be honest, china built one would not pass the legal safety requirements, but 12 years seems an absurdly long time. I would expect 1 or 2 years at most.

[@dislike7973]

USA had soldiers in afghanistan who only wanted paycheck and not die

[@hpw-ws6bj]

Just about every soldier. And I don't blame them. Our enemy is not in Afghanistan but Washington, dc.

[@dislike7973]

@@hpw-ws6bj these USA soldiers not the Same mentally like in ww2 , men are weak these days

[@loungelizard836]

Afghanistan was a total CF because it was run by and for contractors. We were never expected to "win" (establish a stable democratic government). This is a result of the corruption in our government because we legitimize bribery, kickbacks and Quid Pro Quo at high levels (senators, representatives, and... coming soon... Presidents).

[@MnemonicCarrier]

Today, your average US soldier is an immigrant looking for a fast-track to a US passport.

[@dislike7973]

@@MnemonicCarrier then they get some minor injury or call ptsd and Retire the job money flowing in

[@labandonaldhock80]

Military is in the same boat as our roads bridges and schools

[@Kingofthehill84]

The Ukraine War was also about testing weapons against one another I think Russia weapons won.

[@lipu5488]

Arrogance, sheer arrogance. No wonder that America prefers proxy wars, but why war at all if you aren't good at it?

[@bertanelson8062]

Good at making money from it.

[@laowantongchau]

War requires weapons. It is a marketing trick...

[@harixav]

They have been up against goat herders proudly demonstrating their military might. Now that someone that matches their military might or even outperforms their military might has taken them on they have been exposed left right and center. All that western pride and arrogance seems to be on the verge of going down the gurgler.

[@tristan583]

Money 💰

[@5ayes12]

The double-edged sword of optimism up against Russian pessimism and Chinese pragmatism

[@Davbach01]

Russian pessimism, more like realism.

[@aliceyingshan2725]

@@Davbach01 How many words do the Russians have for feeling angry and sad?

[@RustedCroaker]

@@aliceyingshan2725 A lot less than for feeling calm and happy.

[@olisk-jy9rz]

@@RustedCroaker Do any of you know what you're talking about, or are you just going on by ignorant stereotypes, the very thing the video above explain to be a weaknees and stupid?

[@nurainiarsad7395]

That’s an interesting thought. I’m thinking, no one in charge of war should be optimistic. It just makes you more likely to instigate war, because you talk yourself into believing you will win, or won’t suffer. Pessimism is good; accepting your people would probably die if you choose to go to war tends to make you very selective about what makes it worth asking it from them. Pragmatism is not bad either, as in almost all cases there’s a non-war solution that is more profitable than war, and thus worth exploring.

[@user-sn6we8nj5x]

I saw a comparison of an army ad in Russia and in the US. While the Russian one was about strong young handsome man, the American ad was about a lesbian telling how US Army supports LGBT, equality, etc.

[@bungkusi2432]

American army becoming a mutant like in their movie

[@dice138]

I saw a few of those comparison videos too. Almost all of those vloggers got confused when they saw the US one. They weren't sure what they were watching.

[@IA100KPDT]

USA should be called USI, united states of Israel or DUSA - Dis-united states of America. Its not even a proper country. The capital is in DC which is not even a state of US.

[@etbuch4873]

It is supposed to be LGBTQ. Why are you discriminating against the Qs? You are evidently blatantly infringing upon the human right and dignity of the Qs in broad daylight!!! Shame on you for being incorrect!

[@amraceway]

@@dice138 LGBT and equality are a smokescreen for the corruption at the top.

[@Alegzander1990]

"We probably made some bad assumptions" Oh, YOU DON'T SAY !

[@hoabach1579]

Do not wake them up, let them sleep, let them dream...

[@F_Liu]

Really like your concise and straight to point style, you are telling too much truth Kevin.

[@foodparadise5792]

I don't think he's on our side...but thanks to the propaganda, Americans rarely watch contents like this.

[@F_Liu]

@@foodparadise5792 No, he is not, well spotted. He is American, first and foremost. But I sense his frustration on the fact that America is losing...on all fronts.

[@foodparadise5792]

@@F_Liu It's just the beginning. Our modesty finally paid off.

[@mark4371]

@@foodparadise5792 Who cares about side This person speaks facts

[@foodparadise5792]

@@mark4371 It's a good thing when people finally care about facts.

[@russingersoll5761]

The money is in perpetual warfare, not victory and peace💰

[@spudwesth]

That $ buys our politicians.

[@pietersteenkamp5241]

The US empire do actually want to destroy and break up Russia and then try do the same for china. The for profit corps of course have such a stranglehold on the American deep state that they have far too much say in what gets produced for what profit to accomplish that task. In either case it\'s not just perpetual war, they do want to win and they will always make a terrorist enemy ( war on terror) to keep selling weapons if they should defeat the Russians/Chinese.

[@jimthain8777]

This is by FAR the smartest comment I've seen here!

[@PhiloSurfer]

@@jimthain8777 You should credit this to Julian Assange: "The goal is NOT to win the war. The goal is to use the war to wash money out of the tax bases of the United States and out of the tax bases of European countries and back into the hands of a Transnational Security Elite. THAT is the goal. To have an ENDLESS war, NOT a SUCCESSFUL war." ~ Julian Assange - Stop the War Interview - 8 October 2011

[@charlenek11]

​@@PhiloSurfer💯

[@JBear-in1ql]

Everything Kevin is saying will be written in future history as being obvious. Just like how we did with Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Lebanon, Cuba…

[@kamalchandramoney3541]

Studied in Ukraine, and worked alongside several Russian colleagues. What surprise me is how easily and effectively they adapt to new environments, languages and cultures in almost any field.

[@comment6864]

Ooooh, they say they would fight differently than Ukraine is, but Russia would fight very differently if it wasn't in Ukraine too! Don't forget Russia views this as a civil war, they are NOT going all out, they are NOT carpet bombing, they are NOT targeting civilian targets ever. And still.. immense success. LOTS of precision.

[@scottsauritch3216]

😂!

[@scottsauritch3216]

LOL so delusional!!

[@AngusSuter]

So true!

[@donk9189]

@@scottsauritch3216here is a fact check for you ! There is more military casualties in Ukraine than civilians! Think about that for a second and u might come to a conclusion that is u the one who’s delusional

[@E-currency]

@@scottsauritch3216 not as del.sional as u are

[@N238E]

I was in the Army for five years. You have no idea how deep this goes.

[@remix-yy1hs]

What? The corruption? Bad weapons?

[@N238E]

@@remix-yy1hs mediocrity, incompetence, bad leadership, toxic leadership, and the outdated belief of universal superiority.

[@remix-yy1hs]

​@@N238Ethank you for your answer. Get your passport bro. And save 1k just in case

[@rvllctt871]

I think we do.

[@N238E]

@@rvllctt871 ok 👍

[@BlueWizard09]

I worked in Afghanistan. The Taliban had western troops psychologically degraded. Plus what you may call them Taliban, they were fighting Afghan civilians and farmers.

[@bertanelson8062]

Right, they were defending their homes, family, property. What were USA troops doing?

[@Ludak021]

Those civies and farmers are much better equipped to defeat the taliban than the US army is. Not everything is a nail.

[@MetaView7]

I suspect the number of Western casualties is a lot higher than reported. eg. contractors.

[@maxmustermann9587]

You _do_ know that these Taliban used to be called Mujaheddin, when they were still the 'good guys' fighting the Soviets.

[@mohd.khalidahmad5004]

Bertanelson8062 Is not the same thing done by Palestinians defending their homes, families, ancestral motherland, and properties ? What the greedy immoral Racists East European Zionists Occupier forces have been doing there for the last 100 years in somebody else land.

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

The best option is PEACE. Reduce military spending and close all overseas military bases

[@ffktrc]

This option is not on the list. Countries always going to wars. But you know about last himalayan conflict between China and India? They fight with sticks and blunted swords... 😊😊😊

[@pfcwells522]

Ever since I got into defense contracting, I've been wondering these questions for years. Folks back home (mil included) are drinking the koolade by the gallons. And the administration(s) have been gas lighting the public for a while now, imo. It's a sad and depression to watch our "leadership" (not sleepy Joe) practically walk the nation up to this cliff of self harm.

[@itsdachief]

Last year, I TA’d Georgetown’s MBA course “China: Econ, Politics, and Business”. A lot of military folks since it’s a DC school, and I’d say the general view of China among the MBA’s was pretty much stuck in 2008 at the start of the semester. If I were doing it this year, I would’ve sent these videos to them every week. Keep up the great work

[@inkbold8511]

they’re stuck with image of China in 1980s.

[@RobertWesthoff-nm4bq]

Stuck with image of China 2008, and even more problematic is stuck with image of Russia 1990 to 2000 during the drunk, but amiable Yeltsin years. The US wants another Yeltsin, but that time has passed.

[@MauricioLemus-pn5ld]

"You call it the American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin.

[@JoseGarcia-ne1ip]

Reminds me of a quote from a FBI agent who was investigating Russian crime organizations. He stated, “In the United States, the national pastime is baseball. In Russia, the national pastime is chess. How the heck are we going to compete with people like that?”

[@ZweiZwolf]

That FBI agent is showing his age. The US pastime hasn't been baseball in several decades. It's concussionball or maybe hoops, but definitely not baseball. OTOH, if he's talking about Japan or the Dominican Republic, those are baseball countries.

[@enoughofthis]

​@@ZweiZwolfUS pass time: Identify yourself as opposite sex. Play in opposite sex team Teach children unGodly sexual habits. Glorify weird sexual habits. Promote thr above worlwide. Deny imf loans to countries that dont agree with the above.

[@alexk8583]

That's so true. You go any Russoan park You see bunch of dudes playing chess at every picnic table!

[@celloting01]

we (uk) certainly never hear any of this. all we're told, like you pointed out, is that we're superior in everything, weapons, army, tanks, missiles, etc. are we?

[@chuekaothao6329]

Before you are first in any of these, first of all do you have any of these or just think you have them?, and do you have them in the quantity you're told?

[@harixav]

Remember what your media kept saying that how Russia was running out of missiles and munitions two years ago. Or how Bradley and leopards would be game changers for Ukraine. Or how the Ukrainian counter offensive would overwhelm Russia. All that bs nonsense was proudly regurgitated time and again by the western until nothing like that ever played out on the ground. Their lies keep getting exposed with time.

[@ZweiZwolf]

Probably not. You can't even get one of your light aircraft carriers underway without some sort of mishap that results in delay or being towed back. You no longer have the manpower and expertise to maintain your military forces. Fortunately, it doesn't matter, because America will do the actual fighting, and you're just there to add "international" flavor to whatever the US does. You'll be on the front lines to safeguard the Americans, much like how you used Indians to protect British troops during WW2.

[@alinradu6118]

You ended believing your own propaganda. What can go wrong.? The USA and its vassals are the Empire Of Lies

[@evaskjerd]

No.

[@Ecanabbas]

The west needs to get off the crack ...............

[@wtf_usa5597]

We're too far gone. Even the maniacs in charge are on crack.

[@davidmella1174]

and the fentanyl too

[@wtf_usa5597]

@@Ecanabbas We're too far gone. Even the maniacs in charge are on crack.. 😪

[@ideaparkcc]

The fucking USA wins twice, Ukrain and Middle East.

[@user-lx1re3fn2u]

​@@davidmella1174Just like the weapons, fentanyl is another big business deal for your master Jews.

[@georgehanna943]

The US is starting to face realities it never thought were real.

[@jonjames8896]

They knew! It was just protectionism , Lockheed Martin is the government .

[@miguelbemquererful]

Cheap drones and missiles have narrowed the tech gap. Now even "terrorists on flip flops" can put an aircraft carrier to run

[@peanut0brain]

You mean low priced drones, not "cheap drones". You are implying cheap quality

[@miguelbemquererful]

@@peanut0brain sorry, I am not a native english speaker😅

[@gelinrefira]

@@peanut0brain High tech, low price. Common China W.

[@ZweiZwolf]

No, the US aircraft carrier was just fine. That's why it's heading back to port without a replacement.

[@stephenagu1439]

😅😅😅​@@ZweiZwolf

[@eemus]

How about building an infrastructure that produces world class diplomats who can bring about peace, cooperation and prosperity on a global scale.

[@Ludak021]

Not profitable nearly as much as war time is.

[@bertanelson8062]

Exactly.

[@guens01]

Racist warmongers like the US and its vassals prefer to start wars they cannot win.

[@alrent2992]

BRICS + is attempting to accomplish that.

[@astroganov]

That's not the culture of the US.

[@icemike1]

People act like the United States has a monopoly on technology

[@mna7308]

they only work on slipper wearing farmers with no air defense or any means of defense

[@user-ew5eh2co5p]

Didn’t work there either.

[@yingxu7908]

only work on sheep

[@mna7308]

@@user-ew5eh2co5p u got that right

[@A3Kr0n]

Brian at The New Atlas channel has been talking about this for over two years now. Good info.

[@jaysele2784]

US empire is apparently nose diving. Poor Us 😮

[@the1onlynoob]

A Russian T-72 costs about 1.2 million USD. An US made M1A1 Abrams costs about $10.4 million USD. Russians are fielding huge Tu-95 bombers that can carry 11 tonnes of weapons that cost about $26 million each. We are giving Ukraine F16 fighters costed at $63 million each. A Russian MiG 29 costs about $11 million and their Su 30 costs about $30 million. The Russians are making 155mm artillery shells for about 25% to 30% of the price of the EU made shells which gets supplied to Ukraine. The Russian Iskander missile, which is nuclear capable and flies at March 6-7 with a range of 500 km, has a unit cost of $3 million, and can carry a warhead up to 700kg. The US ATACM, which is not nuclear capable, flies at March 2-3 with a range of about 300km, has a unit cost of about $2 million, and carry warhead up to 170-200kg. And thats just Russians. If we compared this with China it would be a bad joke. The Chinese 055 Destroyer costs about 950 million and is probably the best destroyer class ship right now, and its comparable US destroyer Zumwalt class costs around $7 billion.

[@peanut0brain]

Well gee let's see, a nut and bolt costs $40k. More like overcharging and then boasting about spending the most in military lol

[@stayfree870]

Our MIC is ripping our tax money off.

[@gelinrefira]

China is still building more 055, hahaha. They deployed four 055s to the SCS. These four ships have combined firepower in anti-ship missiles than probably the entire SE Asia but even then they were targeting us. They were trying to teach the US and Filipinos a lesson.

[@serriajohn]

The U.S. military industry is a business, and doing business requires agents. The ultimate goal is to maximize profits, not to win battles.

[@chewy1709]

How come you know all this?

[@YHauz-co]

Russia’s main strategy is to be underestimated. Kevin is amazingly smart and creative thinker. Software in general became a part of economic infrastructure that requires impossible efforts to update. Wars won by smarter and more educated armies (with more STEM students who disable enemy weapons)

[@joelturley4847]

Adjust tinfoil hat 😂

[@Lyra0966]

US hubris and complacency has resulted in this sorry state of affairs. The developing nations along with China, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia have had to put up with US arrogance for decades. Now they are sick of it and are discovering that the 'great' US empire has more than one Achilles heel.

[@stevenvater2681]

You are confirming what the great colonel magregor says

[@z61pcb]

Like the Chinese scenery after "Be good", Kevin. It gives me time to click the thumbs-up button.

[@francoisguyot9770]

This was quite an overwhelming wake up call, Kevin. However we need to improve attitude with respect to the world, instead of our military deterrents. The US needs a time off for deep introspection. by dwelling into its own century of humility.

[@cheungchingtong]

Winning a war you need to mostly depend on four aspects, the will and determination of the troops, the technological gap between weaponry of yours and your enemy's, the capability of producing those weaponry for replacement, and the replenishment of capable soldiers in all pos. BTW, sending civilians who have been dragged from the streets and houses to the frontline after few weeks of basic military training with different kinds of aid foreign weapons, is not war, is suicide, is slowly destroying your own country by losing a large portion of youth and mid-age population for nothing.

[@dice138]

I heard a story online about a young Ukranian man. He hasn't leave his home for over 1 year. His sisters went out and brought him food everyday. His best friend got dragged off the street and got sent to the frontline.

[@dragonflydreamer7658]

They don't care this is there plan..... THREADS

[@juantorres7810]

What are THREADS about?

[@nyquil762]

All by design. The oligarchs have decided to move east. Also, wars are meant to be perpetual. Your channel is awesome👍🏾

[@remix-yy1hs]

Him and shahid bolsen. Middle nation on youtube. Is the best

[@user-ts6vt3te8c]

America manufacturing power is too weak now. Basically, it can't manufacture anything high-tech. Its end products are destined to be glitchy, malfunctioning, and filled with all sorts of mechanical and engineering problems. This is predestined consequence of all empires in history, America has become more overconfident, complacent, and narcissistic than ever before. The empire will fall, and it will happen in the next 20 years

[@peanut0brain]

Yep. According to Julian Assange, the goal is perpetual wars, not to win.

[@ssuwandi3240]

Not really since his source is mainly Bloomberg. Many things get uncovered in first relay

[@loveblindhate9318]

@@ssuwandi3240 Just need to know how to read Corp. media articles. There are always a little or some truth in them.

[@exequielcaringal4131]

This is one of the best analysis being made in this current war.

[@Hystericall]

I have an idea, how about USA try to live with the neighbors without trying to burn their house down. How about not starting a fight we're going to lose.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

That's what China is doing. Take a look at BRICS. Yesterday, I looked more closely at the countries wanting to join and was "interested" to see they may soon have member countries, applicants and "interested" countries along much of the Eastern Mediterranean, down either side of the Red Sea and along the North African coast from Suez to Morocco... so almost to Gibraltar.... that covers the WHOLE of the India to Europe Sea Trade route... Then jump over to Central/ South America..... If Argentina see sense, They will have that covered as well. . Next question, Does USA see the (Increasingly inevitable) loss of power and influence coming and use "The Big Stick"?

[@user-sl3il5sz2s]

This is impossible. To do this you need to acknowledge reality. But for this you need to humble your pride.

[@rafa374]

NEVER MIND YOU HAVE JOE BIDEN TO LEAD YOU

[@rogerstarkey5390]

AND IT MAY GET WORSE IN NOVEMBER

[@amraceway]

@@rogerstarkey5390 Both sides follow the same game plan.

[@LJC370]

​@@amracewayThat is correct, it is called the aipac plan!🤣👍🏻

[@bradleyp3655]

Finalization does not win wars. Maximizing share holder value does not win wars.

[@bertanelson8062]

But it starts &prolongs them for profits.

[@FrancoisEustache-ed6gd]

It all comes down to two decisive metrics of the progress of Science and Technology. 1 - the Quality/Price ratio of R&D. China and Russia are clear leaders over the US & the EU with their STEM brainpower capacity. 2 - the Quality/Price ratio of mass production. Again China and Russia are clear leaders ofver the US & the EU. Russia with it's much lower domestic energy costs. China with it's overall depth of manufacturing capacity.

[@infoseeker1187]

You can bet the US deep state are fully aware of this, such that their position of world hegemony is going to be dethroned. They have passed the stage of denial, and entering a stage of anger, as evidence with their random close door policies and wild media wars against China in the past few years. It'll take a long while for the US to move on to stages of bargaining/depression and finally acceptance. That's when the world would be in peace again. Russia has a much more strategically astute leader, who is actively steering his country to align and proactively shape the new world order.

[@merocaine]

I might be off, but I'm pretty sure the Russian education system produces 4 times more stem graduates than the states, with less than half the population. They do struggle to produce the levels of social media influencers though ..

[@user-if4zv5nj5m]

From my experience, we have a huge percentage of people with university grades in Russia. University grade is a hard requirement for the most of intellectual jobs, while college education is considered as a simple worker's education. And we have the opportunity to get that education, the government pays for the vast majority of the students in the universities. Parents only need to give their child some money to live for the first 1-2 years in the university, until thir child will find a part-time job

[@zaneenaz4962]

....over-extended thru lies and corruption.

[@davidlazarus67]

It has been destroyed from within by the CIA and FBI. The CIA misled the country and the FBI destroyed the political opposition. Look how many political prisoners there are in the USA. Way more than people think.

[@A3Kr0n]

"Fire!" "A software update is available for your Patriot missile! Update? Y/N"

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@keepingittight JUST posted the same before I read this. When you get your opponent to build the weapons which defeat them.... HOLD ON.... Wasn't there a Star Trek Movie where someone (Probably Spock?) reset the Bad guys missiles? Wouldn't THAT be ironic... A Chinese scientist watching reruns of Star Trek get's the idea which results in the biggest Military "Surprise" in history?

[@TruthSeeker765]

"Sorry, you no longer have access to software updates. Your support contract for Patriot system updates had expired. Please contact our sales representatives about the new Patriot platinum support subscription plan."

[@evaskjerd]

😂

[@evaskjerd]

​@TruthSeeker765 😂

[@aikibaby]

The other side of this is that we demonstrated those advanced weapons and strategies thousands of times over the past thirty years and the Russians and Chinese have been able to study our systems at leisure, while we scarcely changed those systems because we were selling them around the world and they were INTEGRATED with other delicate systems needed to make them work. The Russians, Chinese, Iranians all had plenty of time to study weapons we abandoned in Afghanistan. We have shown exactly what we will do and we cannot change those tactics because… they’re integrated… While Russia, China, and Iran design brand new, top-notch weapons precisely designed to foil all these weapons they know so much about.

[@etbuch4873]

You worry too much and unnecessarily. They never know that the US always has some cards up the sleeves. Like last time, when the US found itself unable to compete with one of China's telecom company, Donald Trump's regime resorted to kidnapping the CFO and the daughter of the founder of that company, and detained her under house arrest for more than 1000 days, and it worked wonderfully. Huawei telecom company was slowed down for three years, making up the time for Biden to launch on time the ban on the exports of all sorts of chips as well as the exports and the after-sale service of machine tools produced by Dutch company ASML to China.

[@ffktrc]

Hey, do you know about last himalayan conflict between China and India? They are smart. And fight with sticks and blunted swords... 😂😂😂

[@mirceazaharia2094]

​@@ffktrc They fought with these primitive weapons to prevent an escalation to all out warfare.

[@mirceazaharia2094]

Chinese stuff is mostly crap. Russians and Iranians though, can make some decent equipment.

[@etbuch4873]

@@mirceazaharia2094 ， Just inside the description section of this video, there is this link posted by the host of this channel. --> Inside China Business, US missile platforms rely on Chinese semiconductors • The US military needs Chinese semicon...

[@beicai6469]

How about using more diplomacy instead of using hard power

[@peanut0brain]

"America does not do diplomacy. It does weaponry and often time that is the only solution offered" - Prof Jeffrey Sachs

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

The overrated think tanks, like RAND, et all would not like it. Profiteering 😂😂😂

[@user-sl3il5sz2s]

This is impossible. To do this you need to acknowledge reality. But for this you need to humble your pride.

[@barryshaw5660]

It’s pretty arrogant when you say you’re fighting A peer Opponent when you Are actually getting your ass kicked.

[@dannypolsky1581]

You're 100% right .

[@craigslistseller9354]

We Americans have been lied to everyday of our lives. 🤥

[@jamescook7713]

Biden Lied, Chicken Fried!

[@keongsoh]

But I don't see them waking up and getting rid of their politicians or just saying that we realise we have been duped. But NO, in fact they are hunkering down on all the lies and misinformations and supporting their politicians.

[@Kimmimaro86]

The United States' greatest strength is "Inflated" Currency value, but also its greatest vulnerability when funds are utilized to finance "overpriced" projects.

[@johnzhang9482]

You are a true and patriotic American. You really care about your country.

[@MetaView7]

I wish they could learn the art of Win-Win Cooperation before it is too late.

[@good2freelance1]

yes Kevin want to prevent wars from happening.

[@zzbeasley]

Another chilling view of US assumptions. Our very best weapon and defense and diplomatic systems are being tested in Israel and Gaza. How we are going is just as alarming.

[@davidlazarus67]

Failing on all fronts.

[@mirceazaharia2094]

It's the Fall of Rome with WiFi. And the US is playing the part of Rome.

[@soonhockchua3740]

Live peaceably USA and enjoy your USD and stop creating conflicts wherever you pivot. It is such a privilege to print USD and get actual goods & services and export inflation. Pride comes before a fall. You have been boasting and bullying too much.

[@mauermeit-2565]

don’t speak English yet if you can’t spell Peacefully correctly. We don’t care what narrative you’re telling fact is our civilization has evolved from Rome to Diego García the world has benefited and Russia must realize the age of conquest is over, hundreds of thousands of Russians are dead and you’re here misspelling, shut up

[@user-qd8yg1fp7i]

Aye

[@Ahoooooooo]

The US is like a retired boxer joining a mud wrestling competition trying to prove he is not old yet . He could easily just sit in the audience and watch . Instead, he risks everything just to get dirty and possibly get humiliated .

[@minzhang9112]

Exactly

[@danwelterweight4137]

Ukranian soldiers have 10 years of combat experience in combined arms warfare against peer to peer competitor. American. Soldiers have none. The only experience American troops have is counter insurgency or high intensity police work in the valleys and mountains of Afghanistan and streets of Falluja. Ukrainian soldiers know how to fight with their telecommunication, radios, radars and GPS being jammed, under constant artillery fire 24/7, without air power and under attack by swarm drones. US troops can't fight without satellites, without Air power, under constant artillery fire and swarm drones attacks. They don't know what is like to have all their their radio and telecommunications, guidance and satellites systems jammed. They don't know what is like having their air bases bombed by hypersonic missiles, swarm of drones, their fuel and weapons depots and supply lines being bombed by high precision artillery, and hypersonic missiles Ukraine does.

[@stevem2323]

Exactly and all armies learn to adapt, US would adapt too.

[@Ranaimuye]

The Russian/Chinese boots on ground are highly skilled (STEM) & disciplined.

[@mna7308]

What is STEM abbreviation??

[@wumi2419]

​@@mna7308science, technology engineering and mathematics if I remember correctly.

[@TAL142]

US can only get poor people especially immigrants to enlist. Even many are opting that out to zero sum shopping.

[@ZalshahZalshah]

They will have no answer fighting against LGBTQ, WOKE and Karen graduates

[@loveblindhate9318]

@@wumi2419 China has #1 in STEM grads by far.

[@saadatkhan9583]

If only engineers ruled the world...

[@peanut0brain]

You mean like in China? I believe Xi was a chemical engineer graduate

[@MrVitconst]

70% of Chinese top government officials, including Xi, have high STEM degrees.

[@gelinrefira]

God no, we need people of every walk of life to lead.

[@Myownboss35]

Quantity has a quality of its own.

[@wtf_usa5597]

Love your channel! You deserve way more followers. Keep up the great work!! 👏👏

[@felixsu375]

I imagine the US is busy redesigning GPS satellites to broadcast at higher power and doing something to make it more jam resistant. But the problem is that the US currently has no satellites broadcasting at higher power. And that isn't going to change for years because it takes years to build and launch a constellation of satellites to replace the current GPS satellites. And it's going to cost a lot of money.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Then add that you can BET whenever "someone" was designing systems to combat those satellites, a person in the room asked a question... "What if they increase the power?" and the answer came back "Good point... design for 4 times the output, but only use 25% to start"

[@MetaView7]

The media downplayed a couple of incidents - there was an encounter of PLAN and USN in the SCS. Afterward, several USN vessels were quickly recalled to port for "refits". What happened in those encounters was anyone's guess. The Australian Navy also had an encounter. The sailors complained of headaches afterward.

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

DEW, Havana Syndrome.😢😢😢

[@wf645]

well, it was electronic warfare between PLAN & USN, and parts of Philippines did not get any signal as a result of the incident.

[@etbuch4873]

@@wf645 ， Low quality telecom and internet infrastructure of the Philippines, which could go off grid because of bad weather conditions, which happens quite often. And you are blaming it on some fictitious thing?

[@liongjiahwong5478]

Connecticut was not an accident. Limping back to America above water.

[@wf645]

@@etbuch4873 clearly you have no idea what had brewed in SCS. I guess ignorance is bliss

[@Gustoking37]

Your videos are providing good value information and alternative point of view and news. Keep up the good work mate from uk 🇬🇧

[@Soccox]

Great reporting 💯👍👍👍💯

[@stellaandeddieluechin1087]

TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN.

[@KA-pq3yz]

A group of people pocketed and pocketing the budget’s funds. 😂

[@twu905]

Tiger Leaping Gorge! Nice.

[@phils4634]

Been there. Fantastic area, and a haven for some very unusual, highly adapted wildlife.

[@swatisquantum]

“Just throw money at it”

[@Truthstelling]

No involvement, no trouble, no embarrassment😂😂😂

[@Klanmo]

Well then there will be no money for someone's pockets... so there has to be

[@ssuwandi3240]

Is that so? Is that the issue with China's pretentious anonymity ? But seen active everywhere including military bases secret building. No wonder they have locked the stables shut. What an abs mess in playing up the world class policies

[@ssuwandi3240]

Isn't the intent about sneaking around and playing both sides

[@leoarcs]

Pleasure to hear a real sober, intelligent, not bias American's opinion. With such people, our countries had fruitful periods of productive cooperation in the early 1930s

[@stephenlau2127]

I love peace and wish all powers work together to achieve peace and environmental

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

Peace does not sell, unfortunately 😭😔😔

[@Ace1000ks19751982]

US precision munitions are expensive, and they don't work. It's better to produce legacy munitions and use modern technology, like drones, and kits to make them more effective. Technological superiority can be overcome with mass production, just look at WW2. The Soviets and US were able to overwhelm advanced German military tech.

[@zebra5star925]

At last, here comes someone brave enough to call a spade a spade.

[@janwoldens1696]

❤brilliant analitics,, painfully truthfull and honest 👍⚖️

[@back2basics597]

Who are you? This is a lot more assertive and opinionated. I love the change.

[@remix-yy1hs]

Watch his other videos. An American frustrated with his law makers. They keep destroying his country

[@verypleasantguy]

The so-called 'fighting doctrine' of the United States of America is one that they have done often --- literally from the book "On War", by Carl von Clausewitz What the Germans did during the WW II, *_Blitzkrieg_* , was also copied from the "On War" book It has a simple strategy, using overwhelming firepower beating the crap out of your enemy Unlike the West, the Chinese prefer to play 'hike and seek' --- throughout the millennia the Chinese have been playing this game, filled with all kinds of strategems, against one another

[@goldriverbank6647]

Western has no idea of Chinese war battle strategies. They were refined for thousands of years.

[@PhiloSurfer]

Yup, to Sun Tzu, the ultimate victory is to win without fighting.

[@devicelink]

Agree. Failure mode and Effects Analysis? Where is it and who signed off on the design? Peer technical adaptation- is a failure mode that could easily have been anticipated. Military contractors and their military supervisors took the easy way out.

[@bertanelson8062]

All about the big easy money.

[@richardkroll2269]

Fantastic as always. Love your pictures at the end of your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@12e3pi]

Good brother Walmsley's words strike home while others fail.

[@theatlantean8008]

Really good reporting ❤❤❤

[@user-yw4rx6kb3r]

If the people are afraid of Chinese overcapacity production of household items and electric vehicles. These same people are going to have a heart attack when the Chinese go into overcapacity of military hardware.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

I don't think they HAVE TO.

[@gelinrefira]

@@rogerstarkey5390 And they don't want to. Why waste all these resources on warships when you can build more houses for the masses. The PLA expansion is always reacting to US aggression, ever since the 80s.

[@ronniaj]

Thanks for your unbiased analysis. It’s seldom seen

[@FFFF-xj7fl]

An American gives an HONEST assessment.👏

[@user-zc6dn9ms2l]

ukraine does not use them because its like yelling :I'M HEERE!

[@edwardkoopmans56]

I just can imagine the cartoon ! 😋

[@Novideos00]

quote from Donald Rumsfeld Ex Secretary of Defence “Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.” 😂 And one of the known unknowns is ultimately China wants peace.🤔

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

The Pentagon can't be audited 😂😂😂

[@GreenIsland38]

Top stuff Kevin, every one in Europe should be watching your programm.

[@cianobrien2379]

Great segment. You are one of the few reportering this issue, and how extensive it is.

[@badeyvenkatasantosh1612]

Perfect analysis