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How should the West respond? The Center for European Policy Analysis recently published a useful article on “Making Russia Pay for Hybrid Attacks.” The author, Lithuanian diplomat Eitvydas Bajarunas, argued that the West must wage its own hybrid warfare that is “sufficiently devastating to make Russian eyes water and deter future misbehavior.”
His recommendations included increasing economic sanctions on “Russian decision-makers”; pursuing legal actions against individuals “involved in hybrid actions”; using cyberattacks to disable “Russian-controlled” botnets and servers; removing social media accounts that “spread false information”; and stepping up military efforts to counter Russian sabotage. One could add other ideas, such as efforts to bypass Russian censorship and sabotage Russia’s oil-tanker shadow fleet — operations that Western intelligence agencies could undertake.
Mattis tells me he agrees that the United States needs to actively wage hybrid warfare. He suggests the need for a classified presidential decision memorandum, completed after consultation with leading members of Congress, to “frame the actions.” The retired general advocates a strategy to “widen the competitive space,” with a “commitment to make it hurt,” adding that the “indirect approach would allow us to seize the operational initiative while staying in retaliation mode [versus] escalation mode.”
But, unfortunately, it’s hard to imagine Donald Trump, the most Russia-sympathetic, NATO-skeptical president of modern times, implementing such an agenda once in office again. With the Trump administration taking charge, simply continuing current efforts to counter Russian hybrid operations, much less increasing them, will be a major challenge.
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Do something ballsy.
Blockade Crimea.
When it falls, give it back to Ukraine.
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That is lot of hardware.
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I hope this report on Quora is true…
LMAO - A key Russian military logistics department not only using Windows but a ~20 year old version.
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Believable
Putin still uses Windows XP, like your gran | PC Gamer
Vladimir Putin ‘still uses obsolete Windows XP’ | Daily Mail Online
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I wonder how many other roads all around those oblasts would have similar scenery. My guess is, it would be plenty if not most.
An enterprising UA scrap metal merchant is going to make a fortune (not killing) after the war, cleaning up all these dead tanks. That is what happened in Vietnam 30 - 40 years ago, when it became the biggest recycled metal dealer in the world, largely due to how many helichoppters they shot down.
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I called for western powers to do this very thing last week, or rather l lamented the apparent lack of such actions. Now l am convinced that the west is fighting back, but am also convinced that more is being done than we will ever hear about, but much more could still be done. UA will lead the way with their creative EW technicians.
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PR or morale boosting?
Keeping in mind that UA has been consistent in going after military targets, then l do wonder what is the strategic value of this offensive. Such a move was hinted at a couple of days ago.
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So how many offensives is that in all, 3?
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