Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Gen. Keane: We're moving into a 'critical phase'" video.
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@nikgr4749 Yeah, the results were so lop-sided that the USAF pretty much stopped using dumb ordnance. PGMs simply drastically reduce the number of sorties required to achieve satisfactory results. The most expensive ordnance ended up being the most cost effective.
As for Putin's chip crisis -- even Ford, GM, et. al have been forced to halt production because of the world-wide chip shortage.
But Putin's headache is long term. His best stuff is at 65nm; America's best is at 10nm; Taiwan's best is at 5nm. The very software used to design ultra-modern micro-chips is sanctioned against Putin.
The best chip making machines are, de facto, sanctioned against Red China. So Xi is stuck ten-years behind the West. Putin is stuck twenty-years behind the West.
Putin's chip crisis is so bad that his two biggest tank factories had to go on hiatus.
Ukraine now has the superior military power -- if -- and only if -- the West keeps pouring in ordnance... smart weapons.
It's never in the news, but it must be obvious that the Ukrainians have managed to throttle Russian rail and road connections. Because of its nearby super-swamp, Kyiv has no end of bridges. Once they were blown, Putin was screwed. BMPs are amphibious, but fully laden trucks are not. Smart ATGMs open up BMP(1/2/or 3) like they're SPAM in a tin can.
I believe that the real reason that Putin shifted to the Donbass is because it's the least bad option right now. It has far fewer 'bridging issues' -- so long as the boys are advancing along the flow of the rivers. It's for this reason, that I expect the 1st Guards Tank Army to ram almost straight south -- below Kharkov -- towards the Black Sea. This very march seems to have started -- yesterday. It's the one that Zelenskyy must thwart.
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