Tapa, Estonia In a pine forest two hours from Estonia’s border with Russia, preparation for war is under way. British, French, American and Estonian soldiers are rehearsing what Nato would do if Vladimir Putin invaded. They’ve brought Challenger II tanks, an F-16 fighter jet and Himars artillery systems – some of the best equipment the
From my time in heavy mechanized units in the USArmy, its pretty common for about 75% of all a unit's equipment is barely maintained well enough to do a short field exercise just to make the "numbers".
Actually drive the things rough and all that shoddy maintenance becomes painfully apparent.
Btw current temperatures are pretty mild for a february in Estonia, between -5 to +6 in night and day respectively. And NATO junk breaks from that?
Remember their flagship fighter is a plane that cannot fly
"If its on the ground, it can't be shot down!"
From my time in heavy mechanized units in the USArmy, its pretty common for about 75% of all a unit's equipment is barely maintained well enough to do a short field exercise just to make the "numbers".
Actually drive the things rough and all that shoddy maintenance becomes painfully apparent.
Everything I hear about the US military points to some sort of institutional rot. All that funding must be going straight to MICs.
I would add to the MIC grift the kayfabe about US military might.
I am a little envious, it's going to be 43 degrees C today and I don't have air con