U.S. combat forces trained as Soviets...
From:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb1996/n02051996_9602052.html
The Air Force created aggressor squadrons in 1972 to mimic
Soviet air combat tactics. "These squadrons were equipped with
U.S. aircraft, T-38s then F-5s," Rake said. "They were painted
with Russian paint schemes. Pilots and weapons controllers were
specifically trained in Soviet tactics and their weapons
capabilities. This allowed units to fly against the threat in a
peacetime environment before they actually faced it in a combat
environment."
The aggressor squadron focused on air combat, but that was
only one aspect of battle, according to Rake. "You have to
survive the air-to-air environment, but you also need to survive
the surface-to-air environment. You have to get there, take out
the target, then come back home in order to fly the next day.
That’s what started Red Flag in 1975."
The Thennanin are described as being methodical, but also as
being into rituals, ceremonies, traditions, and honor, and having
a resistance to change.
I contend that some Thennanin are pragmatic enough to realize
the value humans have shown of thinking in ways unrelated to
what can be found in a Library Unit. But also that such a line of
thought cannot yet be introduced into Thennanin society.
So perhaps even before Garth, there was an elite Thennanin
military group training itself to think like humans....
William Taylor
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Does Earthclan get royalties
on translations of Sun Tzu?
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