Sunday, 17 February 2019

The Russian Way of War

Russian tank forces, attack helicopters move towards Afghanistan through Tajikistan.
Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernisation of the Russian Ground Forces, by Dr. Lester W. Grau & Charles K. Bartles. Primer : "Russia has recently carried out substantial reforms to its military forces, increasing capability in several key areas. Russia's military has improved to the extent that it is now a reliable instrument of national power that can be used in a limited context to achieve vital national interests. Russian strategists, concerned about the capability of an advanced military adversary to carry out a large-scale conventional aerospace campaign against the Russian heartland, focus on preserving Russian influence in buffer states along its borders and on reinforcing a series of defensive bulwarks." Boston, Scott and Dara Massicot, The Russian Way of Warfare: A Primer. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2017. 

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