Ep 197: Mick Ryan on the Ukrainian Battlefield
Mick Ryan, retired major general in the Australian Army and author of The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire, joins the show to discuss the evolving battlefield and cycles of change and innovation going on in Ukraine.
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Show Notes
Mick Ryan, retired major general in the Australian Army and author of
The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire, joins the show to discuss the evolving battlefield and cycles of change and innovation going on in Ukraine.
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• 01:35 Introduction
• 02:17 Touring the front
• 05:11 No place safe
• 07:01 Change
• 11:24 Wire guided drones
• 15:31 Task organization
• 20:38 Drone defense
• 22:49 Is artillery dead?
• 26:39 Rethinking procurement
• 30:34 2014
• 33:07 Putin’s objectives
• 36:05 Formula for ceasefire
• 38:02 A just solution
• 39:41 Surprise is alive and well
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