Video Analysis: What Will Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Look Like? Tanks? EW & Cyber? Drones? Hypersonics?

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven President, Center for Military Modernization

Hello, welcome to Warrior Maven in the center for military modernization a really fascinating discussion today a unique, exciting opportunity. We’re talking with an expert from the Hudson Institute, Tim Morrison’s a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. He was also the deputy assistant for national security to the President has a wide expertise when it comes to weapons, geopolitical strategy and, of course, military issues, many of which are on the minds of many right now, as news reports continue to say Russian tactical and armored vehicles are moving closer to the Ukrainian border. 

A lot of concern that indeed an invasion could be imminent. I wanted to get an expert’s take on what this looks like in terms of a strategic push toward overwhelming Ukraine. A lot of discussion about Javelin anti tank missiles, they’re probably as it’s been discussed, likely to have an impact but not able to stop an overwhelming Russian force. And then there was a recent exercise where hypersonic missiles were fired. So let’s get to our expert and say, what are some of your concerns about what might be imminent? And what kinds of attacks might we see?

Tim Morrison, Deputy Asst., Nat’l Security, Trump Admin.

Kris, thank you for the invitation to be here today. I’m a big fan of all of your writing. I know I’ve learned a lot as you tried to keep track of things that are happening in the hypersonic missile space, hypersonic defense. So it’s a real pleasure for me to be here. You know, I think the the first thing we have to admit, is there is about to be a really horrific humanitarian tragedy in Ukraine, the people of Ukraine, I traveled to Ukraine, a number of times in various government positions are a great, warm people. 

They want to integrate with Europe, they want to integrate with the West, they want to integrate with NATO and the EU. And it’s what’s about to happen to them, is really tragic. I also worry about what it means for other future conflicts, the the Chinese are clearly watching, they are going to see what they learn from how the West responds to what Putin is about to do in Ukraine. And so we shouldn’t lose sight of what’s about to happen. Ukraine could be repeated further east. And that’s, that’s, that’s, frankly, something else we need to really think about the consequences of what happens in Europe will not stay in Europe.

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven President, Center for Military Modernization