This is how American soldiers are prepared for possible future confrontations with a great enemy.
At the California National Defense Center, the US Department of Defense began training, during which scenarios are being worked out using situations that occur in Ukraine after the full-scale invasion of Russia, reports” Voice of America “. Using lessons learned from the Russian-Ukrainian War , American instructors prepare soldiers for possible future battles with a major adversary, such as China or Russia.
Russian-speaking actors take part in the exercises. They depict representatives of an enemy state controlling the fictional city of Ugen. Also, according to legend, they constantly spread disinformation on social networks against a brigade of American soldiers who are preparing to attack the enemy-occupied city.
exercise scenario, in the coming weeks the military will teach techniques to combat the enemy, who intends to destroy the city with rocket volleys to capture it.
“I think the whole army is really looking at what's going on in Ukraine right now, and it's trying to learn a lesson,” said U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormouth in an interview with AP. style = “font-weight: 400;”> She added that the lessons learned range from Russian armaments and logistics problems to communication and the use of the Internet.
The Russian-Ukrainian experience is a very convincing illustration for our army of how important the information sphere will be,” Wormut said.
According to her, this has been going on for about five years. But, as Wormouth noted, “in fact, we see how incredibly strong Zelensky was. This is a world war that the real world can see and watch in real time. ” It is emphasized that the information war on social networks can include emotional night appeals of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to Wormouth, watching what is happening to Russian troops, it will also be useful for Americans to think about what is right in terms of modernization. She noted that some American tanks are too heavy, and the terrain in Europe is difficult to cross: it is often clayey and different from the well-compacted sand in the desert.
The army, according to Wormut, must determine “the right balance between mobility, survivability and efficiency of the tank. If you want it to be more mobile, you need to make it lighter, but this will negatively affect its survivability. That's why we need to decide what risks outweigh the risks. “
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Earlier it was reported that US intelligence deliberately merged in the media Putin's plan for Russia's invasion of Ukraine > . In particular, the use of US intelligence data at the stage of Russia's preparations for the invasion of Ukraine was radically different from that in all previous military situations in recent decades.
In particular, the relevant structures of the United States had sufficient intelligence on Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014. However, at that time these data remained almost secret. Therefore, for the general public and even some partners, the events that took place came as a surprise.
