In the past, both my brother and I worked in military intelligence. Specifically, he spent a long time working for ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) doing war game simulations.
He routinely would get shouted at by various Admirals, for fairly obvious reasons.
Wars aren't won by the nation who is best prepared when they start, but by the nations which respond with the most honesty to their own failures after they start.
Sadly, the pace of modern war will not give you the luxury of a re-start after a loss. The enemy will be taking over the best houses and issuing occupation scrip and the women will soon be mothering children of the occupiers while the men are in labor camps - if they are allowed to live at all.
Human nature is what it is. Recall the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre
War brings man to his primal base - as we can see in all the brushfire wars in the last 20 years - now we have killer drones - how soon before a killed drone take out a head of state?
Sure. Modern warfare is still war but Im saying no sane general and his chiefs are out here drafting documents on how best to take women prisoners. That nonsense can be pursued by militias is some backwater asscrack not a proper army. That's why I said as a military objective.
He routinely would get shouted at by various Admirals, for fairly obvious reasons.
Wars aren't won by the nation who is best prepared when they start, but by the nations which respond with the most honesty to their own failures after they start.