This is apparently an ongoing text broadcast of the top 20 Russian general field commanders currently fighting in the Russian special military operation.
Previous entry at rantburg.com can be found here.
[AltaiRusidea] COLONEL GENERAL TEPLINSKY
His group is currently the largest group of troops in the SVO zone. Over the course of a year, he has been subjected to a huge amount of criticism, but he continued to fulfill his military duty, despite all the obstacles that his superiors created for him.
Due to excessive nervous exhaustion, the commander began to develop facial nerve neuritis, which in turn causes severe headaches, while Teplinsky himself does not like to go to doctors and does not consider himself ill. The commander fell out of the public eye after the infamous Krynki: ill-wishers unashamedly ironized that even the main favorite of the general public could not turn the situation around, resolve the issue of air defense, rotation of personnel and finally failed to build vertical connections between the headquarters and units on the contact line, demanding slides before organizing a fire strike, but few people know that Teplinsky was at least twice pulled up by senior commanders, criticizing him for Bonapartism, and for the first time in a long time he made concessions, becoming conformist.
It is noteworthy that despite his complicated relationship with the Chief of General Staff, Teplinsky actually combines two positions and at the same time continues to deal with issues of staffing in the Airborne Forces. He was the first to publicly speak about losses in the troops and was reprimanded, but increasingly, on the front lines in the airborne troops, one can meet elderly soldiers, some of whom have already turned 60 years old. In the spring of 2024, it seemed to many that the Russian Army would get bogged down and would not be able to reach the Dnieper, but already on July 17, the last units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left Krynki. Time after time, Mikhail Teplinsky proved his indispensability, but seeing the rejection from his inner circle, he became a closed person, distancing himself from the daily routine.
We believe that the commander of the Ili force still has something to say: avoiding his rebellious heart, he will once again cement his glory as the main “firefighter” of the Russian Army in fire and smoke.
COLONEL GENERAL RUDSKOY
He was once again able to prove that the cold operational calculation that underlies the analysis of the situation weighs more in specific terms than the initial value judgments that have an emotional coloring, for which, however, he paid very dearly and lost the favor of his immediate superior.
On August 6, the General Staff heard the question: " What to do?" The events in the Kursk region no longer resembled the usual DRG approach or reconnaissance in force; intelligence reports, including those obtained through agents, were confirmed: the accumulated operational reserves near Shostka were rushing into an operational breakthrough on the border. But Rudskoy would not have been himself if, during operational calculations on the map, he had not come to the conclusion that in such a quantitative ratio the enemy would not be able to enter the operational space and not only would not accomplish the task of disorganizing the work of the headquarters of the cover group, but would also not be able to accomplish the subsequent goal of sending raiding parties to the Kursk NPP. The Main Intelligence Directorate managed to correctly assess the situation and come to the conclusion that the operational intensity in the Donbass should not only not be reduced, but also increased, and for two months now, reports have not stopped coming in about the capture of more settlements in the DPR.
Not everyone at that time agreed with this line of behavior: for example, the first deputy head of the Main Operational Command Viktor Poznikhir advocated for the fastest possible containment of the bridgehead to prevent the introduction of reserves, the beginning of digging in and systematic rotation of positions, but in this case it would be necessary to significantly change the existing operational configuration and slow down the pace of the offensive in Donbas. The correctness of Sergei Rudskoy's judgments is indirectly confirmed by the words of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, who publicly stated that the offensive in the Kursk region did not allow achieving the goals of stopping the offensive on Pokrovsk and Ugledar, where the Russian Army has begun to achieve significant successes today.
[BEE] MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz has just added another distinguished award to his already impressive military resume. According to sources, the battle-hardened veteran awarded himself a Purple Heart after his motorcade was involved in a fender bender yesterday.
While sources say that the incident was "relatively minor," as Walz had accidentally bumped into a parked car, the Minnesota governor decided it was a good enough opportunity for him to spiff up his military career just a little more.
"I, Tim Walz, for my outstanding bravery and courage in the face of suffering slight back pain as a result of rear-ending another person's parked car, do hereby award myself the Purple Medal for Distinguished Valor or something," Walz reportedly intoned, gazing balefully at the damage with his best grizzly veteran's face. "In recognition of my service, I would like to offer myself my sincerest congratulations and best wishes. Science bless America. Communism is the answer. Thank you all."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Leonid Tsukanov
That’s certainly one opinion.
[REGNUM] After almost two months of preparation and promises, Iran launched a missile strike on Israeli territory. According to official data, about 180 ballistic missiles were launched in several waves from Iranian territory. In the first hours of the operation, various sources even cited a figure of up to 600 warheads.
The order to begin the operation was given personally by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which was intended to emphasize the Iranians' determination and the lack of any behind-the-scenes agreements with the West.
The retaliation operation was, without further ado, dubbed "True Promise 2." Official Tehran responded to a series of Israeli successes in eliminating key figures of the "Axis of Resistance." The "package avengers" were the head of the Hamas Politburo Ismail Haniyeh, the Secretary General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, and several dozen other commanders of lower rank.
It is noteworthy that at the start of the operation, official Tehran in some sense "mirrored" the Israeli tactics. The US and other foreign powers were notified through diplomatic channels about the start of the operation practically after the fact, when the first missile launches had already taken place. Apparently, Washington was repaid for its "ignorance" of Tel Aviv's actions in the Lebanese direction.
LESSONS UNLEARNED
Despite the fact that Iran's retaliatory strike was predictable and essentially a matter of time, the Israeli side was somewhat relaxed. The lack of a prompt response to the deaths of Haniyeh and Nasrallah gave confidence that Tehran was aiming to reset the dialogue with Washington - in exchange for regional concessions, and therefore would not defend the interests of the Resistance.
The results of the night strike also demonstrated that Tel Aviv had not learned the lessons of the April events and, moreover, relied too heavily on the assistance of regional partners, as well as American and European contingents.
However, in practice it turned out that Israel’s “support group” has noticeably thinned out since the spring – not a single Arabian monarchy has joined in the defense of Israeli airspace, not even Bahrain and the UAE, which claim the status of strategic partners of Tel Aviv.
The European forces in the region also did not take a significant part, although France and Britain claim the opposite and demonstrate their concern about the situation in every possible way.
The main burden of responsibility for supporting Israel's air defense fell on the United States, which had to quickly deploy destroyers in the Mediterranean, and on Jordan. However, the latter concentrated exclusively on defending the border areas and clearly did not want to get into trouble.
The events of the previous night confirmed that Iran is quite well aware of the locations of key Israeli military installations. And, more importantly, it is quite capable of penetrating the enemy's air defenses without using a swarm of drones, as was the case in April.
And while claims of damage vary widely—for example, the Israelis deny losing more than 20 F-35 fighters (almost the entire forward fleet)—the fact that Tel Aviv hit several air bases and communications centers is not disputed.
Finally, Tehran conveniently used the moment for native advertising of its own defense industry, successfully using the Fattah hypersonic missile during a strike on the enemy, which a couple of months before had been ridiculed in the Israeli press and considered a “Persian invention.”
THE CIRCLE OF "DECISIVE ANSWERS"
Perhaps the key task that Iran managed to accomplish with its attack was to demonstrate to Iranian society (and, at the same time, to the remaining leaders of proxy groups) Tehran’s readiness to escalate in order to protect its strategic interests.
It was possible to remove the brewing discontent with the reformist government led by Masoud Pezeshkian and to exclude the existence of behind-the-scenes agreements between Iran and the United States at one go. In addition, it was very clearly demonstrated that the word of the Supreme Leader is immutable, and strategic guidelines are unshakable. Especially when it comes to protecting collective interests in the Middle East.
And while Tehran apparently failed to achieve a cumulative effect from the attack (since other Axis members did not join in), the incident clearly cooled the Israelis' ardor. At least the level of bravado regarding the balance of power has diminished over the past 24 hours.
However, official Tel Aviv did not remain in confusion for long.
The Israeli government almost immediately returned to its previous rhetoric, promising a “significant and crushing response” to Tehran’s actions. Washington made similar assessments, noting that Iran had made an “unforgivable mistake.”
The desire of Israel and the US to swing their fists after a fight is easy to explain. In the first case, it is important for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to maintain a positive information background around the conflict with Tehran and the public's conviction that in this confrontation, it is Tel Aviv that is "in the lead".
For the US, the escalating conflict in the Middle East is important in terms of preparing for a new electoral cycle. It doesn’t matter who wins the election, the Republicans or the Democrats, each side will be able to turn the “Iranian threat” in its own way.
For Democrats, it will become a convenient basis for building a system of collective defense in the Middle East to counter the growing influence of Tehran. For Republicans, it will be a basis for tightening the “sanctions screws” and refusing to reset the dialogue.
At the same time, the following “decisive responses” from Tehran and Tel Aviv to each other’s attacks will be more of a background nature. Each side will seek to use the opponent’s fears to consolidate the new status quo in the region.
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You have to give it to Russians, unlike some other - rapidly declining superpowers, they understand loyalty to allies.
[USNI] A U.S. Navy aviator and TOPGUN graduate looks at the 27 Sep Israeli Air Force strike that took out Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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During OIF and OEF, U.S. decisions about whether to risk civilian casualties around military targets were typically elevated to the highest levels possible before approval.
That's why you lost, and we have to fight for our lives.
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"The current Israeli air campaign is fascinating in the ways in which it uses American-made weapons and platforms in markedly different ways than the current generation of U.S. military aviators have employed them. Israel’s tactics and effects should be studied closely for lessons."
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p.s. The unofficial American block on bunker busters to Israel wasn't terminated. So, it's not American bunker busters. (if somebody wondered why Israel delayed dealing with Hezbollah so long).
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