South Korean president is attempting a coup d'etat
(www.reuters.com)
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So then as usual you didn't learn anything and you still think you get to talk about military matters from an armchair.
Technological parity or lack thereof is critically important, but neglecting manufacturing capability and the moral and physical fitness of the citizenry for it is a trap. One that the United States fell into at the behest of foreign interests and internal corruption.
Warfare is, among other things, a balancing act between force multipliers.
The other thing is that technology doesn't often mean what we think it does, like nerdy wonder weapons. The real tech advantage is the ability to create new things and adapt (or having already done so).
Like in the WWII Pacific we had no chance of getting close enough to Japan to even drop the nukes without the Proximity Fuse, which was a relatively low tech radar that exploded shells near targets so they didn't have to actually direct hit. Not a single kamikaze got through after we had those shells and then we controlled the sea.
Not exactly a chair, but sort of.
All the 'modernization' didn't help Russia. All the Wonder Weapons didn't help Ukraine. Now it's the same old grind.
Your last paragraph exposed even more ignorance than I'd thought.
Particularly given the rapid rise in drone warfare in the current conflict.
Probably the only example you could give. And drones are not that high-tech. That is why they're effective: they can be produced cheaply and in bulk by even countries like Ukraine and Iran.
My point is that it's not $22 billion stealth bombers making the difference. I'm sure you can pass on your usual "you're wrong about EVERYTHING" and admit that's it's correct once.
No I can give several more.
Hypersonic missiles for example, or improved local signals jamming, or IP isolated ISR. Or the decentralized, junior officer oriented command scheme the Russians have developed out of thin air.
But I can name and consider those things because I'm not talking out my ass.
Have not been deployed in the conflict as yet, but Iskandar class missiles have to great effect with essentially the same doctrinal strike patterns.
Stop talking from ignorance. It doesn't matter if you are correct about one particular detail or not, your overall picture is invariably and completely flawed.