He is well aware there are always counters and deceits and the principles of war do not change. One of them is surprise.

This man Luttwak’s historical books should be read, “Strategy” should be read. However when he’s in salesman mode [and he is] cum grano salis.

On Ukraine he and Van Crevald have thrown away their reputations undoubtedly from blind ethnic motives.

Ukraine in particular the open ground where the Ukrainians insist on fighting – to be fair the Russians aren’t usually obliging them with urban combat – it’s a particularly difficult problem to hide or maneuver without detection. Yet for years this was done in Ukraine prior [it's vital to keep moving if the drones are about unmolested, although drones can and often are molested] and it was done to an extent in Syria. It was also done in Vietnam.

The claims that maneuver is dead and surprise is now impossible shall go the way of drones change everything…no, they didn’t no more than airplanes and submarines changed everything. Nor Torpedo boats, which were to render the dreadnoughts obsolete, etc etc.

We heard this all during Desert Storm and Afghanistan and the Azeri-Armenian War and lo and behold…

In fact lets back up and see what the sages were saying about attrition and trench warfare before it returned in Ukraine in 2022.

(poo)

War is escaping the limitations of space. Deniability is the only thing lacking.