'..the ability of the Allies to destroy German and Japanese equipment before it reached the battlefield .. proved decisive..''One of the most wrong headed ideas about war is that they are generally won in decisive battles. Actually, the best way to weaken your enemy is to deprive them of equipment before it reaches the area of battle. If a state at war can destroy the ability of its enemy to produce weapons by attacking factories, rail lines, or even its production of raw materials. etc, its much more effective that destroying it in direct combat. On the one hand destroying the infrastructure that is being used to build munitions built not only destroys the munitions being made, it lowers future production (its not easy to rebuild modern production facilities).
And it does this before that equipment can be used against you. So you are depriving an enemy from having a munition it can use against you and depriving it of some future production—making probably twice as valuable in real terms.
Its one of the fundamental premises of my book
How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power in World War II. The book argues that it was the ability of the Allies to destroy German and Japanese equipment before it reached the battlefield that proved decisive..'
- Prof. Phillips P. O’Brien,
..attacking Russian Production, November 14, 2023
'..the importance of effectively combining drones, electronic warfare, counter-battery fire, and new mine-breaching technologies.''..Zaluzhny’s vision for the future conduct of the war does not rely on any single “wonder weapon.” Instead, the Ukrainian general outlines the importance of effectively combining drones, electronic warfare, counter-battery fire, and new mine-breaching technologies.
Ukraine is now counting on the country’s partners to supply more of these advanced military technologies. While Zaluzhny is careful not to criticize Ukraine’s allies when commenting on the military aid supplied so far, he hints at a reluctance to send the most modern technologies and notes frequent delays in deliveries. “It is important to understand that this war cannot be won with the weapons of the past generation and outdated methods,” he says.
Zaluzhny argues that electronic warfare (EW) capabilities hold the key to victory in the drone war and acknowledges that for the moment, Russia has a clear advantage in this area. He advocates expanded production of anti-drone EW systems within Ukraine and abroad, and also calls for greater access to electronic intelligence from Ukraine’s allies, including data from assets that collect signals intelligence.
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..The solution, Zaluzhny insists, lies in the effective use of the most advanced defense technologies. “New, innovative approaches can turn this war of position back into one of maneuver.” '
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Ukraine’s top general believes technology can defeat Putin’s Russia, November 13, 2023
Context'..Ukraine still does not possess enough long-range strike (ATACMS, Taurus) etc..'