Posted on Jun 13, 2019
America's Current War Plans for China, Russia Will Not Work, New Report Says
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I agree with the author that A2AD networks are not China/Russia operational COGs, and that they represent a shield of their true COGs. But I think he's wrong in his assertion that we're just beating our sword on that shield. We ARE trying to find ways around the shield, and ways to make the shield so porous that our forces can leak through, and ways to make the shield go away at the time and place of our choosing. I'm not sure the author is as informed as he needs to be...we're not pretending it will be a Desert Storm III, or that it will be easy. There are many sober strategic thinkers who recognize China's and Russia's strengths change the equation and add many new variables. Also, I don't see any definitive ideas from the author beyond vague platitudes.
America's Current War Plans for China, Russia Will Not Work, New Report Says
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It all seems to me to be misinformation. We won't know the actual strategy and tactics of either side until the shooting begins, if ever. Until then, it's all little more than mental masturbation...
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Col Joseph Lenertz
"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything." DD Eisenhower. We have to think about strategy and plans, because the work involved...the research, the familiarity with troops, land, strengths, weaknesses, COAs...the planning populates our minds and gives us resources when the plan goes to hell after the first shot is fired.
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CPT Jack Durish
Col Joseph Lenertz - I'm sure we are doing just that. However, I would never expect an honest assessment to appear in any news forum. As operations officer in a strategic communications center, I well learned just how far from reality such stories are. Indeed, military and intelligence agencies use press releases for the same purpose as a magician uses misdirection.
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Even if true, wouldn’t this fall under the category of Top Secret?
“Top Secret is the highest level of classified information. Information is further compartmented so that specific access using a code word after top secret is a legal way to hide collective and important information. Such material would cause "exceptionally grave damage" to national security if made publicly available.”
“Top Secret is the highest level of classified information. Information is further compartmented so that specific access using a code word after top secret is a legal way to hide collective and important information. Such material would cause "exceptionally grave damage" to national security if made publicly available.”
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Col Joseph Lenertz
If he went into any specifics on US military capability deficiencies, then it might get there (to TS).
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I prefer the strategy "if we don't know what we're doing, how can the enemy?"
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Col Joseph Lenertz - One of my favorite quotes, although possibly apocryphal, is "A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine."
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Col Joseph Lenertz
SSG (Join to see) - Yes. Some of the enemy officers interviewed for the US Strategic Bombing Surveys following WWII (German and Japanese primarily) made it clear they couldn't predict what we'd do next because we didn't follow our own doctrine.
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/243.html
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/243.html
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