What Pentagon leaders say they have learned from a year of battle in Ukraine
While not disclosing everything, senior military leaders from virtually every service and specialty have spoken about how they're incorporating lessons from the Ukraine war, from the danger of cell phones to the importance of a quick-moving industrial base.
By BREAKING DEFENSE STAFF
on February 23, 2023 at 1:02 PM
WASHINGTON — One year ago Russia invaded Ukraine, sparking a conflict that’s resulted in, by one US estimate, over 200,000 casualties. It also has provided key lessons about modern warfare that, until the last year, were largely academic in nature.
Watching two relatively advanced militaries face off provided a new window into war, a generation beyond the far more asymmetric nature of the War on Terror. And while the US military surely isn’t advertising everything it has learned, the last 12 months saw repeated public declarations from just about every service and specialty about how they’re incorporating what they’ve seen play out in eastern Europe.
The following is a selection of those lessons, curated by the Breaking Defense staff.
On Land: Tank Warfare, Stockpiles and cUAV
Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine came at a pivotal moment for the US Army, one where service leaders had been justifying soldiers’ potential role in the Indo-Pacific region. Instead, the past year of mostly land combat provided those Army leaders with the opportunity to better examine the complexities of a large-scale ground fight with modern weapons and tout the service’s crucial role to the joint fight. It also emphasized how important it was to be able to refill weapon stockpiles.
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/what-pentagon-leaders-say-they-have-learned-from-a-year-of-observing-the-battle-in-ukraine/
