tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post1655537988165371264..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Wartime challenges not related to "winning"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-38722192907488016262017-06-27T21:22:29.008+02:002017-06-27T21:22:29.008+02:00An analogy:
I was thoroughly unimpressed by the t...An analogy:<br /><br />I was thoroughly unimpressed by the taxiway/runway repair preparations on a certain airbase. Every officer knew that taxiways and runways might be bombed and would need quick repair, and there were some preparations (decades old) - but the ability to actually repair the taxiways and runways in a timely fashion was nonexistent.<br /><br />In fact, they didn't even only possess any accurate map of the concrete lab surfaces, being unaware of what sizes of concrete slabs are there at all.<br /><br />Hint: The stored replacement concrete slabs did not fit all that well and there were almost no tool for cutting them.<br /><br />Such is the outcome of people not being serious about preparing for bad contingencies, but rather paying lip service to "readiness".<br />BTW, that wing got a lot of "excellent" marks at the NATO TACEVAL.<br /><br />And that's but one of many stories, some were brazenly Potemkin village-style!S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-87406735453273232602017-06-27T21:14:24.534+02:002017-06-27T21:14:24.534+02:00... and the Bundeswehr is required to defend Germa...... and the Bundeswehr is required to defend Germany and NATO, while the THW has many disaster response jobs. <br /><br />The question is whether preparations are really thorough - and more importantly, are enough people aware of the challenges?<br /><br />There were no sanctions for poor preparations for 70+ years in a row. Imagine a company having offered one specific service for 70 years in a row and nobody ever bought it. Would they really be ready to meet the standing promise of providing that services within 12 hrs of an order?<br />I suppose that's not how it works. It would not be human.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-70770180220569956432017-06-27T20:24:19.536+02:002017-06-27T20:24:19.536+02:00In Finland goverment, local authoroties and compan...In Finland goverment, local authoroties and companies are demanded by the readiness law to prepare operating under large disasters and war situation. The plans are regularly updated and inspected by goverment officials and joint training and exercises are held. The law covers all that you listed that fall under civilian authoroties and the rest would be up to the FDF to handle.<br /><br />You can try translatin this through google https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValmiuslakiTehFinnnoreply@blogger.com