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Col. Michael Carvelli in this year\u2019s spring issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/news\/the-army-is-working-on-a-next-gen-smokescreen-that-can-disrupt-enemy-sensors\/\" rel=\"\">Military Review<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has only highlighted the growing need for the Army to invest in some old-school analog tactics, Carvelli writes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis obscuration gap resulted in debilitating casualties on both sides, delaying progress or causing mission failure,\u201d he writes. \u201cIt is prudent for the U.S. Army to learn from its tactics in this ongoing conflict and apply these lessons through doctrinal, organizational and materiel investments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the combustion of coal or oil got the job done in 1863 for Robert E. 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