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Torchlight

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9. The numbers seem consistent with precedent

Reply to Tomconroy (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 24, 2022, 03:30 PM

Mar 2022

The numbers seem consistent with other, large-scale conflicts of the late 20th-early 21st century conflict.

If we take casualties as a percentage of overall theater strength, other, far more lopsided casualty rates have been documented.

For example, Iran-Iraq, First Arab-Israeli War, The Congo War, etc. The numbers of casualties reported to date in the Russo-Ukraine war stay well within the limits of these other conflicts.

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Boy! That a "huge" number? [View all] imanamerican63 Mar 2022 OP

Huge number given the time involved and how strong their force was supposed to be. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #1

About equal to our first EIGHT YEARS in Viet Nam. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #3

Yes, a huge, huge number. MineralMan Mar 2022 #2

You've confused fatalities with casualties dpibel Mar 2022 #4

OK, you're right. MineralMan Mar 2022 #7

I'd like to believe it but it seems kind of high. Only the Russians Tomconroy Mar 2022 #5

Yeah. My impression exactly. Claustrum Mar 2022 #6

Russia has always been a bit cavalier about casualties, even their own... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #8

The numbers seem consistent with precedent Torchlight Mar 2022 #9

I was never in the military, but Markos Moulitsas was gratuitous Mar 2022 #10