and while everyone is considering the cost-benefit ratios for conventional military strike let me remind you the US and the UK have a large number of military age males that fight dirty. be it sneak into the Cosmodrome and arrange for the propellant and oxidizer tanks cross feed and ignite which would prevent launches of space based systems. or a number of very small cells attacking Russian airfields(a little bit of the right compounds properly dispersed could destroy a large number of aircraft in short order.). even dropping off sabotaged ammo in ASP's could destroy moral. Less than 1000 men with the right training could cripple an entire army faster than the first gulf war.
and while everyone is worried about how long it would take to field heavy units in Europe let us not forget the lessons our Finnish friends taught us during the winter war. you don't need tanks to fight tanks in the mountainous regions of Eastern Europe. small squads roaming the hills at will could easily damage/destroy road-bound heavy armor. whether they fight with javalins and goose guns, or IED's and my favorite drink. when in rough terrain the tank is useless.
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the best course of action when all is against you is to slow down and think critically about the situation. this way you are not blindly rushing into an ambush and your mind is doing something useful rather than getting you killed.
Last edited by bobcat; 12-07-2014 at 07:34 PM.
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