> Would it be theoretically possible to learn war from the internet, the same way you can learn programming? Watch some Youtube videos? Practice with your mates?
> My intuition is that no, soldiering involves a lot of learning-by-doing, you need hours of practice stripping and reassembling your Kalashnikov,
I think you could, to a degree. The US Army has a bunch of training manuals online, for instance. But it would definitely have to be coupled with some kind of war-game type practice where you actually try to implement what's in them and fill in the gaps.
But it's also obviously limited to the kinds of tools you'll have access to. So rifleman-type stuff, not anti-tank missiles like this.
> and amateurs will quickly get killed by professionals.
I think that's mainly a function of practice and preparation. No way an amateur will have the kind of practice and experience of a professional.
> My intuition is that no, soldiering involves a lot of learning-by-doing, you need hours of practice stripping and reassembling your Kalashnikov,
I think you could, to a degree. The US Army has a bunch of training manuals online, for instance. But it would definitely have to be coupled with some kind of war-game type practice where you actually try to implement what's in them and fill in the gaps.
But it's also obviously limited to the kinds of tools you'll have access to. So rifleman-type stuff, not anti-tank missiles like this.
> and amateurs will quickly get killed by professionals.
I think that's mainly a function of practice and preparation. No way an amateur will have the kind of practice and experience of a professional.