Comments on: March North https://www.isegoria.net/2016/03/march-north/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2016/03/march-north/comment-page-1/#comment-2463717 Adar Tue, 29 Mar 2016 01:17:02 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39929#comment-2463717 When speaking of an 100,000 South Korean army do not think of an army in the conventional terms as understood. Think rather a poorly armed constabulary force without heavy weaponry. Men yes, but heavy weapons no.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2016/03/march-north/comment-page-1/#comment-2463261 Isegoria Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:00:03 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39929#comment-2463261 Reader might enjoy Whittle’s piece on “Forty Second” Boyd and the Big Picture.

]]> By: Grurray https://www.isegoria.net/2016/03/march-north/comment-page-1/#comment-2463252 Grurray Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:33:58 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39929#comment-2463252 “the Russian air force, which had been badly shot up, withdrew.”

The experiences of the F-86 Sabre vs the MiG-15 led John Boyd to develop his Energy-Maneuverability theory in the early 1960s. Despite being lighter and armed more lightly, the F-86 had a higher kill ratio. It was superior because of its ‘fast transient’ ability to transition from one maneuver to another faster than the MiG-15.

The Sabre turned better at low speeds and high altitude and also at high speeds and low altitude — either extreme of the flight envelope, while the Migs were superior in the middle of the flight envelope. The Sabre’s pilots would slash at the margins to defeat the Migs.

Boyd used that lesson to develop his overall grand strategy.

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