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- Western militaries aren't ready to fight wars of attrition like the Ukraine war, a former Army officer argues.
- Great power conflict may not be quick and decisive and could boil down to attrition.
- The war in Ukraine has shed light on what resources and preparations are needed to win.
There's a real possibility that a future great-power war might look a lot like Ukraine, and Western militaries aren't as ready as they should be for this kind of long, bloody fight, a former Army officer argued in a new article.