Losing Military Supremacy
The intensity of Americans' conviction of their nation's exceptionalism has led the US to grossly misinterpret - sometimes deliberately - the causative factors of key events of the past two centuries. Accordingly, the wrong conclusions have been derived, and very wrong lessons learned. Nowhere has this been more manifest than in American military thought and its actual application of military power. Time after time the American military has failed to match lofty declarations about its superiority, producing instead a mediocre record of military accomplishments. This book illustrates the extent to which Russian economic, military and cultural realities and power are no longer what American "elites" think they are by addressing Russia's new and elevated capacities in the areas of traditional warfare as well as cyberwarfare and space. -- From back cover.
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- Companion Book:
"Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning" by Andrei Martyanov
- They haven't appeared to use a lot of hypersonics (no need, really); probably just testing and calibration. With just the kinetic energy alone, they can do massive damage. And make no mistake, the US will have them soon enough. There's a reason Russia made their moves now (during that gap).
As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90% (thanks, US designed chips). Older ones probably 75%. Their biggest weakness is access to chips.
And the imprecise hits are coming from the Tochka-Us, an old system that mostly the Ukrainians are fielding - but maybe pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists forces some, too.
Check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Military-Supremacy-American-St...
