• TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    Look at Ukraine, the reason they were able to stay in the fight in the early days didn’t come down to military or numerical superiority or even strategic brilliance. They were not expected to be able to put up a meaningful fight and, therefore, not put up a fight…

    For instance, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antonov_Airport:

    The warnings by the CIA and Kireyev helped the Ukrainian military to prepare for an attack on Antonov Airport.[16][19][21] Conversely, the Ukrainians did not expect a large-scale airborne assault on Antonov Airport, instead assuming that the Russians would send a small group of special forces with helicopters in the case of an invasion.[22] As a result, the airport only held a small garrison of 200–300 National Guard troops belonging to the 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade, as the remainder had been moved to the frontline in eastern Ukraine.[1][23] These troops were mostly conscripts, though there were a “handful” of professional contract soldiers; aside from a few BTRs, at least one ZU-23-2 gun, and a few 9K38 Igla man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), the garrison was lightly equipped.[24]

    The lesson is that, not only the military needs to be prepared, but you, the inhabitants of Canada, need to be prepared.