Quick Rebuttal to Russian vs US threat in Europe

This is my rebuttal to this post by a retired US Army Colonel claiming the US may not be prepared for the Russian threat In Europe.

I am merely a junior Army officer, but from my experience doing peer on peer war sims as well as peer on peer training exercises at our National Training Center in California, I think the retired Colonel is engaging in a lot of hyperbole. Our Army has been focused on the Russian threat since about 2014.

• His claim that we will suffer without satellites is incorrect. A Brigade does not use satellites to communicate to Battalions on down, and we preach decentralized command. The greatest strength of our Army is perhaps being able to operate independently. Russians are extremely capable of of jamming radio comms, but jamming systems are generally considered the #1 target at that level.
• I agree Russia boasts greater battlefield rockets and missile capabilities, but that advantage is not a true comparison to both Air Force tactical strike capability and Close Air Support (Apache Helicopter) capability, which is vastly superior to Russia.
• -He does not mention Russian artillery, where they boast a lot of guns, but do not have the accuracy or counterfire ability US Artillery does.
• Russia has the biggest advantage in Air Defense where the US has not prioritized ADA and mobile ADA since the threat to our home country is low. This would limit or ability to push Russian lines, without losing a lot of fighters, but not defend a Russian invasion into Ukraine.
• The Army’s relatively new concept of Brigade Combat Teams makes the units extremely deployable and capable of supporting themselves, by integrating engineer and support assets. Stryker units and Armor units are quite mobile on the battlefield.
• US forces are better trained. Our Officer corps is good, but we have the biggest advantage in our NCO corps where we have much better trained and experienced mid level leaders, compared to Russian conscription forces.
• Russia’s tanks are generally older and more unreliable than the M1A1. M1A1 > T-72. Russian T-14s are newer but they only have ~100.
• It is irrelevant that the Marine Corps has no tanks anymore, they serve a different mission.
• And finally by the time Russia engages in an armed conflict with Ukraine who has been preparing for this type of war, their abilities would be greatly diminished, and other NATO allies would be more than capable of deterring further attacks.

In my opinion Russia will do everything in their power to avoid and armed conflict with the US, but will test the limit of US involvement with Ukraine’s affairs.