The war in the Ukraine should and probably will be taught in every military school around the world. As a student of military history and the weapons used, I was surprised at how effective the Ukrainians used the new high tech ones to destroy a 1990’s army.

            The European theater in World War II thought US tanks without infantry support were sitting ducks. Today’s shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons have a range outside normal infantry support. In previous wars thicker armor overcame the anti-tank weapons but not today.

            Today drones can do damage that aircraft and artillery would have done a few years ago. The suicide drone is a man-carried weapon that can be guided to a tank, artillery, or a depot from miles away. Larger drones carry missiles hundreds of miles away and then orbit an area until a target is identified.

            Explosives have gotten more powerful so they can be used in smaller weapons. One hole in Kyiv caused by a Russian missile must have been fifty feet across and twenty feet deep. A World War II 1,000 pound bomb wouldn’t have made a hole that big.

            Military intelligence has always been the butt of jokes but in today’s world it has the ability to physically locate an enemy and their communications network. The Ukrainian snipers have killed eleven Russian Generals whose communication was hacked.

            Fixed wing and rotating aircraft have become much more efficient in their jobs. Many of the weapons the Ukrainians are using are the old Soviet ones that are being piloted by well trained people. If they had some of our most advanced craft their successes would be even greater. A squadron of five 35s costs more than the GOP of many countries.