Weird, I distinctly remember media saying that the thawing ("rasputitsa") was what was preventing the offensive. Or was it earlier? "Russians are waiting for the mud to freeze"?
If we consider the Predator movie, at least the first one, to be an allegory for the Vietnam war
Errr why should we? Because jungle and imaginary yankee toughs? I'm not sold on this analogy. Predator reads more like Wells' "War of the worlds" - turning the situation upside down on the colonizers. Suddenly they're the ones being hunted for sport by uncaring invader with absurd levels of technological superiority (while still acting as if it's fair and square).
Then they’ve kinda missed the entire message underlying the movie
Oh this I agree with
but from an enemy which can blend seamlessly into the environment, which could be anywhere at any time, and is completely unstoppable.
Nowadays drones fullfil this function
Next they’re going to use Starship Troopers in completely the wrong way as a metaphor for the war in the Ukraine, aren’t they
Didn't nafo already use the "I'm doing my part" bit from the movie, completely serious and missing the satire?
Again - why? I understand why Hollywood does it. It's usually just an excuse to have some cannon fodder for the protagonist to indiscriminately murder in industrial proportions without feeling a modicum of guilt or any other emotion - save perhaps for the occasional smug quip. Given what I know about MGS series and how much it wants to be a spy thriller... Looks like it's much the same
Interestingly enough, there were issues with winter gear in Russian military - around 2008. Back when Serdyukov was minister of defence and launched a program of refitting the military. That was when Russian military began switching to "digital" camo (little pixels instead of big spots of the old Flora). Seeing how since then Russia has expanded operations in the Arctic, I daresay the issues were fixed.
Sadly, you are correct. And that's the core of the issue. The idiots beating the war drums are always the ones feeling perfectly safe and sound in their little wine caves and incel basements on their little islands. It's everyone else who foots the bill for their hubris
Ah, the classics of nationalist mythology! I think we're still going through that in capitalist Russia, although there's the tiny difficulty of coping with Soviet past. Kinda hard to bash the ebil commies while chest thumping about being the first to space, you know?
Well unlike most other gimmicks yanks wank, night vision devices (i.e. thermals) are actually quite useful. Thing is, Russian forces have them. Both in personal variety and on tech (such as drones)
Weird, I distinctly remember media saying that the thawing ("rasputitsa") was what was preventing the offensive. Or was it earlier? "Russians are waiting for the mud to freeze"?